Exams do have a purpose, but they shouldn’t be used to assess the recall of meaningless facts.
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There are ways to manage exam anxiety so that it doesn’t hugely impact your performance.
An intense night of study won’t help you remember information in the long-term – and the stress of revising under pressure will likely impact on your sleep and thus your exam performance.
Mind blanks are typically triggered in response to a perceived threat. The chemical process that takes place essentially clears out your working memory, quiets logical processes, and walls off memory.
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