Superlearning is the usual term for a system to help people learn large amounts of information quickly and easily. It is also the title of a book on the subject, copyright date 1979, by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder with Nancy Ostrander. This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The book focuses primarily on a system developed by Bulgarian scientist Georgi Lozanov. The system involves playing very specific, relaxing Baroque music with a tempo of 60 beats per minute as bits of information are read to the student with 4 or 12, but usually 8, beats between each piece of information. The tone of voice is alternated for each bit of information to break monotony, which hinders the learning process. Georgi Lozanov is a Bulgarian educator and psychologist who emerged in the 1970s as a leading figure in the field of accelerated learning with his theory of suggestopedia where various techniques, including breathing and music, were found to enhance learning. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 to 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in defining the beginning and end points). ...