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Suppose you had a test in 6 hours and you are not prepared for it in the least, it would take you 6 hours to make it through each topic in enough detail to learn the material under normal circumstances. Or it would take you ~4.5 hours to briefly review each topic enough to be familiar with it, leaving you ~1.5 hours to rest your brain and perhaps take a nap.
I've heard, I can't remember where, that the you would likely do better on your test with the second strategy. Assuming this is true, which I tend to think it is, based on limited experience with long study sessions, what is going on biologically that makes you better able to recall the new information more effectively?
First instinct would follow the same process of thought in this thread concerning "why we sleep": https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=710628
I've heard, I can't remember where, that the you would likely do better on your test with the second strategy. Assuming this is true, which I tend to think it is, based on limited experience with long study sessions, what is going on biologically that makes you better able to recall the new information more effectively?
First instinct would follow the same process of thought in this thread concerning "why we sleep": https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=710628