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Semantic Encoding

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

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Semantic encoding stores information by its meaning and produces the most durable memory of the encoding types.

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A word encoded by whether it fits a sentence is recalled better than one encoded by its appearance.

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Depth of processing is the reason, not effort. Meaningful processing can be quick and still outperform.