In a straw poll we conducted, 23.30% believed this myth to be true, and 76.70% believed it to be false. This was a surprising but promising revelation because it means that more people are able to distinguish truth from fiction.

Pop culture trends often dictate what the general public believes and does, however it is important for each individual to form their own opinions and be able to distinguish truth from fiction.

Memorization is still a vital skill because it tells the brain that the information you are memorizing is important, and while rote memorization of dates is not necessary, spatial memorization could be useful when you need to remember how to drive back to your house after your GPS dies.

• When stimuli and information is introduced to our brain, neurons begin to fire and the more often those neurons fire, the easier it will be to activate them later. There is a classic phrase in cognitive psychology that sums up the principles of Hebb's Rule: neurons that wire together, fire together. This phrase is not only easy to remember but describes perfectly how memorization functions in our brain (Kleinknecht, 2021).

• Another way to think about this idea is that the more energy you put into something, the more your brain will record that energy usage and make note of its importance.

• Without memorization, we would not be able to distinguish between essential and unimportant information.