Science-based

What is Science-based?

Science-based training reinforcement

Learn about the practice of recovery. It's the cognitive science behind Trivie disguised as gambling.

The spacing effect

At the heart of the recovery practice is a technique called spacing effect or spacing reinforcement - and this is exactly the opposite of "ready" training. Learning spacing focuses on repeating information over time, while making sure there are specific intervals between each repetition so that a little forgetfulness actually happens (to help strengthen the brain's "muscle" or memory capacity). Science-based combines probability of recall and punctuation data, predicts when a user is beginning to forget information, and automatically generates a personalized cadence of questionnaires to help maintain learning (similar to "smart" digital flashcards, know when you're starting to forget). This reinforcement protocol is also combined with two additional concepts that constitute the practice of recovery - various types of content and interleaving.

Multiple content formats

Science-based uses a wide variety of content types. Neuroimaging studies suggest that different types of content involve different parts of the brain, and learning motor skills from varied content seems to be associated with an area of the brain that is good for decoding more difficult concepts. As such, various content formats are extremely important in building long-term associations. In other words, some people learn from images, some with text, and others from a video. Trivie supports all three, along with over 100 additional content types.

Interspersed

When you interleave the content of two or more subjects or abilities, this further strengthens memory. Essentially, you are intertwining ("interspersing") topics that may be somehow related, but not linearly, so that your brain builds deeper neural connections and becomes stronger.

Backed by 30 years of research

Cognitive psychology

Several years ago, collaborating with Drs. Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel, the leading experts in cognitive psychology around memory and retention, to digitize more than 30 years of published research on the Trivie ecosystem.

The way the brain works

The brain doesn't learn the way we thought traditionally and simply wasn't designed to retain mass information. However, small learning events spaced over time, forgetfulness and remembrance strengthen knowledge in durable memory.

Anchoring in long-term memory

Suppose you are a coach at a company trying to teach employees a complicated new process that involves ten procedures. The typical way to do this is to train in procedure 1, repeating it many times until the trainees "seem" to have cooled down. Then you go to procedure 2; you do a lot of repetitions of 2, you get that, and so on. That's not how the brain learns. In reality, you should space the training over time, merge different concepts, and use different types of content to better anchor the information in long-term memory.

System requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD / SSD: 50 GB of free space on the main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

Resolution: 1024×768

Supported operating systems

Mac OS X 10.5 x (Leopard), Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS X 10.7 (Mountain Lion), OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Hardware requirements

Memory - 1 GB of RAM and more

Free disk space - 50 MB

System type - 32-bit and 64-bit OS