Tag: academics

Study suggests way of dealing with exam stress

From the University of Royal Holloway London press release: New research from Royal Holloway, University of London, published in Cognition and Emotion suggests that adopting a ‘this too shall pass’ attitude and mentally… Read more »

Violent sleep patterns, stress hormones change after a violent crime in the neighborhood

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Almost 1.2 million violent crimes — homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery — were committed in the United States in 2015,… Read more »

Academic motivation suffers when economic mobility seems out of reach

From the Northwestern University press release: New studies from Northwestern University show that high school and college students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are much less motivated to overcome… Read more »

Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Want to boost collaboration among researchers? Even in an age of easy virtual communication, physical proximity increases collaborative activity among academic scholars, according… Read more »

Strategic studying limits the costs of divided attention

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Multitasking while studying may impair overall memory for the study material, but your ability to strategically identify and remember the most important information… Read more »

Irregular sleeping patterns linked to poorer academic performance in college students

From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: Previous research has analyzed variations in sleep patterns including number of hours slept, quality of sleep, and sleep-wake times, and found an association… Read more »

Parents’ motivation influences students’ academic outcomes

From the University of Tübingen press release: Whether parental help has positive or negative effects on students’ academic outcomes depends on the motivation and involvement of their parents. Results of… Read more »

Thinking strategically about study resources boosts students’ final grades

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: College students who participated in a self-administered intervention prompting them to reflect about their use of classroom resources had final grades that… Read more »

A little support from their online friends calms test-anxious students

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Reading supportive comments, “likes” and private messages from social media friends prior to taking a test may help college students who have… Read more »