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Students may forget relevant information in order to protect their own psyches

UCLA-led study suggests people often don’t recall memories that threaten the way they want to see themselves

“What’s too painful to remember/ We simply choose to forget.”
– Barbra Streisand, “The Way We Were”

UCLA-led research has found that students in a college mathematics course experienced a phenomenon similar to repression, the psychological process in which people forget emotional or traumatic events to protect themselves. (more…)

Writing About Anxiety Helps Students Ace Exams

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*Research says test performance improves when students write about their worries*

Sian Beilock, lead author of a new study that appears on January 13 in the journal Science, says writing about test-related worries for ten minutes immediately before taking an exam is an effective way to improve test scores in classroom settings.

“By writing down one’s negative thoughts, students may come to realize that the situation is not as bad as they thought or that they are prepared to take it on,” said Beilock, an associate professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. “As a result, they worry less during the test.” (more…)

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Students may forget relevant information in order to protect their own psyches

Writing About Anxiety Helps Students Ace Exams