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Asked by zoesmith to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 24 Jun 2013.
Question: Why do we get mind blanks when under pressure?
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Rebecca Cook answered on 24 Jun 2013:
It is linked to the stress hormone, cortisol. Scientists showed this by getting two groups of students to memorise a list of words. The students that had had cortisol tablets did a poorer job at remembering the words than the students who had no cortisol.
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zoesmith commented on :
Is there any way of stopping this?
12rhianna commented on :
its like seriously odd. i think it mainly happens when like we know the answer but its hard to say and all that not to sureee how to explain it lool