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History
In the winter of 2006, Andrew Cohen was living in Martinique and needed to learn French fast. To speed up his acquisition of new words, he put together an excel macro that timed the repetition of vocab words based on how well he knew them. Little did he know that this macro was the start of what would become Brainscape.
You can read more about his story here.
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Brainscape is an adaptive web and mobile education platform designed to help you learn faster. Our method focuses on the TIMING of study repetitions. Rate how well you know each concept, on a scale of 1-5, and Brainscape determines exactly the right interval of repetition for YOUR brain.
Users can create their own content for free, or study Brainscape's expert created content. The Brainscape marketplace covers subjects from GRE vocab prep to Spanish to Sports Trivia and Music Theory, all of which you can study online or on the go.
You can learn literally ANYTHING faster with Brainscape.
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"Brainscape intelligently processes each flash card and modifies the repetition pattern based on how well integrated the answer is in your long term memory...Like magic, based on my confidence levels, certain words appear as soon as I seem to have forgotten them. Each time I run the deck, I become more and more confident in the words, and quickly find them etched in my long-term memory."
"[Brainscape] uses the digital platform to tweak the flashcard model with proven learning strategies."
"The future of education itself, to Cohen, is based around optimization."
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Testimonials
"The absolute best learning tool I have ever used in my life. I love learning at MY OWN unique pace. I am retaining everything I learn. This is incredible!"
-Anonymous
"Best flashcard learning program I've ever used and I've tried many of the best ones out there."
-BigB
"I just took the GREs after preparing with Brainscape and was extremely happy with the outcome. The portability of the app and amazingly effective method it employs made using it convenient and rewarding, and I have no doubt that it helped to raise my score."
-Chris Jamba
"I have several [Spanish learning apps] but this is my go-to flashcard app for Spanish. This is three times more intelligently designed than the others. You will be racing through vocabulary with this app."
-Benny
"Confidence-Based Repetition is amazing. I'm very excited about my kids and I using this software."
-Henry
"Absolutely fantastic! This is what I was looking for. And so easy to use."
-Drew
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Our press release can be found here.
