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What did the researchers actually find? What does it mean for your next study session? And what does Parlor do with it?
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Dunlosky and colleagues · 2013 · Research reviewRead the story FIELD NOTE 02 / MEMORY & PRACTICEGetting it right once isn’t the finish line
A study of vocabulary learning asks what happens when correctly recalled items disappear from practice.
Karpicke & Roediger · 2008 · Vocabulary experimentRead the story FIELD NOTE 03 / AI & LEARNINGWhen the AI gets better grades than you do
A high-school mathematics experiment separates performance with AI help from performance after that help is removed.
Bastani and colleagues · 2025 · Randomized field experimentRead the storyA little study break
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Research, with the small print left in.
Each story links to its original source, explains what was tested, and keeps the finding separate from our interpretation. We describe what Parlor currently does and say where there is still a gap.
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