Why We Forget What We Read
我们为什么读完就忘
You finish a chapter, close the book, and a week later almost nothing of it remains. This is not a sign of a poor memory; it is simply how the human brain works.
你读完一章、合上书，一周之后几乎什么都不剩了。这并不说明你记性差，这只是人脑本来的工作方式。
Reading feels like learning because the words flow easily and every sentence makes sense. But recognising a sentence is very different from being able to recall it a month later.
阅读之所以感觉像在学习，是因为文字流畅、每一句都读得懂。但「认得出一个句子」和「一个月后还能回想起来」完全是两回事。
Psychologists call this the illusion of fluency, and it quietly fools almost everyone. The smoother a text feels, the more strongly we believe that we have mastered it.
心理学家把这叫做「流畅性错觉」，它几乎悄悄地骗过了每一个人。一篇文章读起来越顺，我们就越坚信自己已经掌握了它。
The cure is uncomfortable but simple: test yourself instead of reading the same page again. Closing the book and writing down three main points often does more than another hour of passive reading.
解药不太舒服，但很简单：用自我测验代替反复重读。合上书、写下三个要点，往往比再被动读一小时更有用。