the.com/test anxiety
your brain, staging a fire drill during the actual fire.
means a stress response that hijacks memory and focus specifically when performance is being measured and judged.
from named clinically in the 1950s when psychologists noticed capable students blanking on exams they'd clearly studied for — the problem wasn't knowledge, it was the adrenaline drowning it out.
working memoryanxiety literally steals capacity your brain needs to answer
not lazinessoften hits the most prepared students hardest
physical firstracing heart shows up before the panicked thought does