Speedrunning Spaced Repetition

18.06.2025

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# Thesis:

In context of spaced repetition does the time influence the neuron path solidification or is it a result of sequence or rest periods between repetitions?

## Details:

Some research suggest that taking a break to do nothing in between learning sessions forces brain to perform variable number of repetitions of the task (re-send neural impulses along the same path), therefore in combination with brain organizing and pruning or neural pathways during sleep I predict that taking nap breaks between repetitions has bigger influence than the time between repetitions. If neuron pathway keeps firing during pruning processes it does not get pruned and becomes more solidified in the brain.

# Experiment:

I performed low sample size test that seemingly would confirm the thesis. I generated a random chain of 30 sings ( big and small letters, numbers, special characters). 

 - 5 repetitions
 - 5 min nap
 - 1 repetition
 - 5 min nap
 - 5 min entertainment
 - 5 min nap
 - 1 repetition
 - 12h break
 - 1 repetition
 
 Result is that after 5 repetitinons and a single nap every other repetition was completed perfectly from memory. Not a single mistake.
 
 The chain is:
```
&K>[ZVpdfELCyh5A4S<O/4^,'3+`c1
```
I recalled it 2 days later writing this without no other repetitions than the listed above.

## Next stage

Increase the size of knowledge to remember
Increase sample size
Perform overload check to see how many concurrent information can be remembered.