On Mar 6, 5:34 pm, Aaron B <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to use this program for a couple weeks and it seems > really promising. However, I am not sure I understand its model of > going from short-term to long-term memory. Supposedly, if I hit "1", > this means that I didn't know the answer but that the answer was very > familiar once I saw it. If I hit "2", this means that I remembered > the answer and to schedule the repetition some number of days in the > future.
Indeed. By hitting 2, you tell Mnemosyne that you think you will be able to remember it tomorrow, or in a few days. > The problem is that it seems that the first time I rate a card 2 > (after previously rating it 1), there is a good chance I won't > remember it 24 hours later, especially if I just saw it (and rated it > 1) within the past five minutes. You shouldn't interpret 2 as 'I remember it', but more like 'i think I'll be able to remember it tomorrow' > However, it seems that rating a card > 2 the first time after rating it 1 does not guarantee that the card > will be scheduled for my next session. It could indeed also be the day after tomorrow. >On the other hand, I don't > need to keep seeing the same card over and over again every few > seconds if I remember it for the moment. What helps in that case is adding more unknown cards and/or increasing the 'number of grade 0 cards to hold in my hand' setting. That will give some more variety in the cards popping up. OTOH, if you feel you're seeing the same cards over and over again and not making any progress, then it's time to close the program and take a break :-) Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
