The River of Time Runs Backwards

This is so elegant, and seems so important, I can't resist sharing this-

Finally, we all know that practice improves learning. Bem tested students' memory for word lists and then had them engage in extensive practice (e.g. typing out) for some of the words but not others. His finding? That memory performance was superior for words that the students went on to practice afterwards - a kind of reverse learning effect whereby your memory is improved now based on study you do later.

-Dramatic study shows participants are affected by psychological phenomena from the future