Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto share practical insights on how to optimize your learning.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Three simple tactics that drastically improve how we learn

2) Why you want the learning process to be difficult

3) How to get into the optimal mental state for learning

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— ABOUT SANJAY & LUKE —

Sanjay Sarma is the head of Open Learning at MIT. A professor of mechanical engineering by training, he has worked in the fields of energy and transportation; computational geometry; computer assisted design; and has been a pioneer in RFID technology. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur as well as advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley.

Luke Yoquinto is a science writer who covers learning and education, as well as aging and demographic change in his role as a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His work can be found in publications such as The Washington Post, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He is a graduate of Boston University's science journalism program.

• Book: Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn

• Luke’s email: lyoquinto@gmail.com

• Luke’s Twitter: @lukeyoquinto

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Technique: Feynman blank page technique

• Tool: Quizlet

• Language Learning: Duolingo

• Language Learning: Rosetta Stone

• Online School: Khan Academy

• Book: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini

• Book: Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene

• Book: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

• Researchers: Robert and Elizabeth Bjork