Knowledge Factor Blog Consistency is the Result of Practice… Or Priming

What do amplifire users and Olympic athletes competing in Rio have in common? They both experience dramatic performance benefits from a little brain trick called priming.According to a recent Inc. article, an athlete's ability to swish a three-point basket or place a free-kick in the upper corner of the net isn't what makes them special. It's their ability to be a reliable asset for the team by doing these things consistently no matter the circumstance.Consistency is, of course, the result of countless hours of practice. But a new breakthrough in sports technology known as the Halo Sport has demonstrated an ability to accelerate the process. The Halo Sport sends an electrical current directly into the motor cortex, "priming" the brain to quickly acquire skills and boost strength. It's been proven effective in double-blinded trials carried out with members of the United States ski team, and some track and field athletes competing in Rio have used this device to prep for the games.But priming isn't just for athletes. It has also been proven key to effective long-term learning of facts and concepts in the learning environment. Research out of the Bjork Lab at UCLA shows that answering multiple-choice prompts prior to study can better prepare the brain for learning and long-term retention. This is a form of priming that can easily be integrated into any study prep - no electrical current required.For example, amplifire integrates this research through its unique question-and-answer format that primes users' brains to quickly acquire new knowledge by creating a mental framework for the content to be learned. The software begins each learning session with a series of multiple-choice prompts that help prepare, or prime, users' brains for the content to be learned throughout the rest of the module. This method of learning is incredibly effective and part of the reason that amplifire clients have experienced up to 95% knowledge retention after 6 months. Click here to learn more about the cutting-edge science that drives amplifire and see how testing students using multiple choice before study dramatically primes the mind for learning and long-term retention.