Practice testing protects memory against stress

(Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus) Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from Tufts University. 'Our results suggest that it is not necessarily a matter of how much or how long someone studies, but how they study.'

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