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Exam nerves: Challenge versus stress

This diagram is a chart illustrating the relationship of stress to performance. The start of the curve shows lower levels of performance, associated with little or no stress (or challenge); the top shows high performance, associated with some stress; the end of the curve drops again to show lower levels of performance, associated with continued high stress.

Source: Smith A (2002), The Brain's Behind It. Stafford: Network Education Press

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