About this site
knowingknowledge.com reports what the research on human memory finds, and how well each finding holds. It is written for adults who study on their own.
Every entry here states four things: the effect, what it predicts, how well it replicates, and where it breaks. That last field is the reason the site exists. Findings from this literature are usually passed on stripped of their conditions, and a bounded effect repeated without its boundary becomes advice that does not work.
How entries are marked
- Replicates broadlyFound again across laboratories, materials and adult populations.
- Robust, boundedReliable inside the condition the entry states, and unreliable outside it.
- MixedDirection generally agreed; magnitude disputed.
- Shape replicatesThe pattern is reproducible; the quantities from the original work are not transferable.
- ContestedResults conflict, and no settled estimate exists.
- Method noteNot an effect: an entry about how the evidence itself is judged.
Who it is for
Adults revising for professional examinations, learning a language, retraining, or reading a technical subject without a teacher. The research described here was overwhelmingly conducted on adult participants, and the entries stay inside that evidence.
Corrections
If an entry misstates a finding or has fallen behind the literature, write to us and it will be corrected or withdrawn. See contact.