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Sans Forgetica - Could it help improve memory and tackle dementia?

Geoff Riley

1st July 2019

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This short video looks at the marketing campaign for Sans Forgetica which is a new font built on the psychological principle of desirable difficulty. Minor obstructions to the reading process force the brain to work harder and therefore remember more.

https://youtu.be/gTq4JiJMvIM
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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