Why Flashcards?

There’s a reason that flashcards have been a preferred study method for hundreds of years:
They really work!

Neuron connections in the brain

Flashcards engage “active recall”

When you look at the front side of a flashcard and think of the answer, you are engaging a mental faculty known as active recall.

Active recall has been proven to create stronger neuron connections for that memory trace.

And because flashcards can so easily facilitate repetition, they are the best way to create multiple memory-enhancing recall events.

Neuron connections in the brain

Flashcards utilize your metacognitive faculties

When you reveal the answer side of a flashcard to assess your correctness, you are essentially asking yourself “How did my answer compare to this correct answer?” and “How well did I know (or not know) it?”

This act of self-reflection is known as metacognition. Research shows that applying metacognition tends to ingrain memories deeper into your knowledge.

Neuron connections in the brain

Flashcards allow for confidence-based repetition

Because flashcards exist loosely, rather than tied to a book or document, you are able to separate them into piles based on whether (or how often) you need to study them again.

This practice of confidence-based repetition is proven by decades of research to be the most scientifically optimized way to improve memory performance.

Neuron connections in the brain

Professionally printed

High quality or low price?

As much as we strive to tick both boxes, when it comes to making a choice, high quality is what we choose.

Each deck contains:

  • 54 poker size cards
  • 320gsm embossed playing card stock
  • plastic coated finish
  • die cut cards to size with rounded corners
  • personalised printed tuck boxes supplied on 350gsm card with beautiful matt laminate finish
sample of professional printed pack of elixir cards