YOU'RE in an exam and are racking your brain to remember the answer to one of the questions, but the harder you try the further it seems to slip away.
This is because you have become too stressed.
By relaxing you let your brain try to find alternative routes to finding the "lost" information, and there's a good chance you will retrieve it. - The Encyclopedia of Questions and Answers
Exam tip: Relax and you will remember
YOU'RE in an exam and are racking your brain to remember the answer to one of the questions, but the harder you try the further it seems to slip away.
This is because you have become too stressed.
By relaxing you let your brain try to find alternative routes to finding the "lost" information, and there's a good chance you will retrieve it. - The Encyclopedia of Questions and Answers