AMES, IA – Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to ...

For more than a decade, neuroscientists have known that stress impairs memory performance—an effect likely due to the influence of stress-related hormones. A recent article in Science shows that a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - College students who pore over their notes again and again as they prep for finals could use their studying time more wisely, according to new learning research from Purdue ...

Source: Nguyen Nguyen for Stocksnap, used with permission. Have you ever freaked out and forgotten everything you needed to know at the onset of an exam? A study published in the November 25, 2016 ...

You’re probably studying hard. But are you also studying smart? There’s a chance that you’re doing what you’ve always done, and there’s also a chance that it’s not serving you all that well. Whether ...

Source: Courtesy of Regan A. R. Gurung, Ph.D. It's time for school and college again. This academic year is getting off to a very different start with most colleges starting remote classes and a few ...