Help Young Minds

You might have heard of Fibonacci’s sequence in passing or have seen references to the golden ratio in media, and if you haven’t, it’s actually quite an interesting concept to think on. In essence, the Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers such that each number is the sum of the previous two numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, …

As the year wraps up and we begin to approach the turbulence of exam season, we may find ourselves beginning to lose stamina. The feeling that we’re so close to the end, and yet so very far, is an easily discouraging feeling.

“Huh? Can you say that again?” Do you ever wonder why some things stick in our brains, while others seem to go in one ear and out the other? Let’s freshen up on the different types of memory and why some things are easier to remember than others.