Studying Techniques
Did you know that most people do one of two things when it comes to revision – even though neither works! Which do you do? Strategy #1 Copying, word for word the content of your manual. Some people write down every word for fear of missing something important. Oh dear! [...]
Brain, Health
Thousands of years ago, one therapy often used to reduce symptoms of arthritis and other pain, involved sitting in a tank of electric eels! How bad would your pain have to be for you to consider doing that? Some 70 years ago electric shock therapy was sometimes used in psychiatric [...]
Studying Techniques
How good is your memory? Do you retain everything that you’ve revised? Or do you find that over time the information begins to slip away? Do you know what to do to get better grades? Don’t worry! That’s perfectly normal. Human beings are supposed to forget! I’m not making this [...]
Brain, Health
You’re probably aware that exercise is good for you! You’re probably also aware that exercise is good for your brain and will improve your memory. So let’s have a look at the science that demonstrates what happens when you exercise – what specifically helps your brain to stay in tiptop [...]
Brain, General
If the brains of taxi drivers actually change structure when they train themselves to get about the complex system of streets of London, how can we use this knowledge to develop our own study skills? You’re probably aware of the study of London taxi drivers by University College London. It [...]
Emotional intelligence, Learning
Thinking positively and believing in yourself will help to counteract the fear you might feel when confronted with that oh so thick course manual, the contents of which you have to learn in order to give you the best chance to get better grades in your exams. You know what [...]
Emotional intelligence, Health, Learning
The trouble with focusing on study skills is that very often we neglect the other areas that all contribute to getting better grades in our exams. Thanks to recent research, we’ve become more aware of how important it is for our bodies to be in good shape if we want [...]
Learning
When you’re studying hard and paying good attention to the 3 Keys to Learning, making sure that your revision strategy gets the information you’re learning into your long-term memory, wouldn’t you also make sure that your eating and sleeping patterns support your other study skills? Sleep has been found to [...]
Studying Techniques
How do world memory champions remember the names of 600 people filing past them, or the order of cards in four packs of playing cards? And if you could use some of them, would you find your financial planning exams easy to pass? Well, it turns out that they’re not [...]
Brain
Did you know, most people when they revise, make one of two mistakes. Either they do what I used to do when I was at school, and begin well – making revision notes – but very quickly default to writing out word for word everything in the textbook in case [...]
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