Sleep doesn't just protect new memories from the day's noise. It replays and reorganises them. In lab studies people who slept soon after learning kept more than people who stayed awake the same number of hours. Evidence: decent
The mechanism is well studied; "study right before bed" is the sensible inference, not a big field trial. It's also free, and it displaces the scroll.
A short list, a name, a few lines of a language. Not a chapter, and not anything that winds you up.
Same theme: Learning it
Learning it
Coffee after, not before
Want a fact to stick? Have the coffee right after you learn it.
no timeEvidence: worth trying
Learning it
Hook the new thing to something you know
Learning a name, a fact, a process: ask what it reminds you of, and tie it there.
no timeEvidence: decent
Learning it
Make it about you
Before you try to remember something, ask "when has this happened to me?" and answer in one sentence.
no timeEvidence: solid