How well you remember something depends less on how long you study it and more on how deeply you process it. Craik and Lockhart (1972) said a word can be encoded at different levels. You can notice just its surface, or you can think about its meaning. Deeper processing builds longer-lasting memories. Explore the three levels. Then test yourself with a short experiment.
Structural processing
Typical later recognition (model)-
Levels of processingpick a level to encode the word