Memory benefits from narrative, logical structure rather than disjointed facts

Evidence

While reading a research report, keep this linear structure in mind. Although it is difficult to remember a series of seemingly disjointed facts, when these facts are joined together in a logical, narrative structure, they become easier to comprehend and recall. Thus, always remember that a research report tells a story. It will help you to organize the information you read and to remember it later. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4586

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Advice on how to read and remember research reports: treat them as stories, not fact lists.
• XREF: connects to: Historical narrative logic structures timescapes that pure economic analysis misses — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 597; The 1987 crash memory persists institutionally even as living memory fades — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 935; Human memory stores concepts as associative networks of linked nodes — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 972 (+7 more)