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Memory-enhancing foods to help you study
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There's more to studying than simply memorization and practice. It turns out that your diet also plays a pivotal role in recalling key bits of information, while keeping you energized and focused in the process. We're not talking about those scam-ridden supplements that promise a boost in brain power, but simple natural foods such as milk, nuts, seeds, rice, and oats. The nutrients found in these items help your study efforts by releasing natural memory enhancers called CCKs ( cholecystokinin). When CCK crosses the blood-brain barrier, it acts as a neurotransmitter associated with memory. Studies have shown that learning and memory processes are severely damaged (in rats) that genetically do not respond to the presence of CCK. And in people ...
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bio_man |
4 years ago |
The 10 Steps to Better Test-Taking
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Once you begin a test, follow these 10 steps to better test-taking.You need to have a game plan to take a math test. This plan is different from plans for taking history, English, humanities, and some science tests. Once you begin a test, follow these 10 steps to better test-taking. The game plan is to get the most points in the least amount of time. Many students lose test points because they use the wrong test-taking strategies for math. By following these ten steps, you can demonstrate more knowledge on the test and get more questions right. Step 1Use a memory data dump. Upon receiving your test, turn it over and write down the information that you put on your mental cheat sheet. Your mental cheat sheet has now turned into a mental list a ...
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bio_man |
6 years ago |
Marathon Problems
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You've all experienced the 30-minute test problem. How to tackle it?With all due respect to essay questions, math, science and engineering students can't tip-toe their way around answers. Test questions are most often multiple choice or free response… and don't let the "free" fool you – there is only one correct answer. Besides "That test sucked," the most common complaint I've heard exiting the myriad math-based tests I've taken over the years is, "You know that long problem at the end? I didn't even know where to start. SO unfair." I think what's really unfair is that person's right to use the same language as the rest of us… but I digress. Truth be told, it's safe to say we've all had our trying times with lengthy, intricate word problems w ...
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bio_man |
7 years ago |
When's the best time to make a decision?
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You might think that it's better to be well-fed rather than starving when you're trying to make a big, life-changing decision, but new research suggests quite the opposite. According to a research study conducted by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, people who were hungry because of having fasted overnight perform better on a complex decision task than sated people. ( Click here to read the research). This provides a first piece of evidence that the hot state of hunger improves, rather than compromises, advantageous decision making. Their experimental evidence suggests that the "hot state of hunger promoted rather than compromised complex decisions with uncertain outcomes that are advantageous in the long run as hungry participants were ...
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