Study Zone

Cramming can be an effective last-minute technique but only for small volumes of information for a short period of time.Too much cramming stupefies long-term memory (where well learned memory lives), and it can set you up for anxiety attacks and mind blanks in the exam...

Do You Get Easily Distracted? Distractions impair the learning process and reduces how much information can be input into memory per unit time. Therefore, remove distracting stimuli and focus on the task at hand. Do not use any form of social media during study sessions. If social media is too strong a distraction...

Studies conducted by the University of Chicago have found that when students spent 10 minutes writing about their test anxiety and fears just before a test, their scores went up by 5%. Those who didn’t perform writing exercises “choked under pressure” and their test scores dropped by 12 percent...