Minimum information principle

The minimum information principle has its purpose to minimize the changes in synaptic pattern complexity in each successive repetition (i.e. spaced repetition). This can be done by making your flashcards as simple as possible while ensuring that the whole of the collection still sufficiently resembles all of the components.

What is another reason to make your flashcards as simple as possible? Because this causes the creation of synaptic patterns with less complexity which, again, is much easier to maintain over each successive repetition.

Why do we want to minimize the changes in synaptic pattern complexity over each successive repetition? From: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/english/ol/ks — Knowledge structuring and representation in learning based on active recall"If the spatiotemporal pattern of neuronal discharges was to change its course over a number of repetition, a subset of synapses in the relevant synaptic pattern would not receive sufficient enhancement resulting in partial loss of the learned information."