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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Can You Reduce Stress by Writing About Failure?
The method sounds counter-intuitive, but it works: we can reduce stress by writing about failure. Recent research shows that students who wrote about previous struggle responded more calmly to a stressful situation, and did better on a subsequent attention test. Continue reading
“Not Just a Decadent Luxury”: The Power of Naps
We know that sleep is good for learning. But what about NAPS? Over at BrainBlogger, Viatcheslav…