Why cramming for exams never works: Brains 'panic' after last-minute revision and can't take in new information

Every student who has panicked while reading the same page of a textbook over and over again may suspect this. But stress cramming for an exam does not work, because the facts are likely to be lost from your memory. Instead it is best to learn through practice tests to protect your brain from the effects of stress, with a study showing that we remember more this way. Every student who has panicked while reading the same page of a textbook over and over again may suspect this. Some 120 students were asked to learn a set of 30 words and 30 images. Each item was displayed for a few seconds on a computer screen.