We have three videos we think you will enjoy. The first is Dr. Mark McDaniel explaining the importance of learning how to learn. In the second video, watch Brian Johnson’s (author of Optimal Living and Podcaster of Optimize) distillation of the book, Make It Stick. The third video is an interview of Dr. Robert Bjork by GoCognitive on Learning to Learn.

About the Author

Mark McDaniel (Ph.D., University of Colorado) is a Professor of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is one of the most influential researchers of prospective memory (i.e., remembering to perform an action in the future), and is also well known for other research topics in learning and memory, cognitive aging, as well as applying cognitive psychology to enhance educational practices. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. McDaniel was a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA; Division 3) and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the APA, Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and has served as associate or consulting editor of many of the top scientific journals in learning, memory, and education.

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