Building Stress-Resistant Memories (1 of 3) (VIDEO)

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Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 25, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A.M. Smith at Tufts University in Boston, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "Retrieval practice protects memory against acute stress."

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Tufts University, Kevin Jiang

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