If you are stressed or fearful,the information will not be fully available to the thinking brain.Instead,it is shifted to the more primitive areas of the brain.And we begin to use instinctual behaviour rather than rational judgement.In today's world stress and threat are the results of failure.They inhibit learning .A state of relaxed alertness is best for effective studying.
TIP #1 RELAX:Never ever think that you cannot learn."My mind went blank"- is a commonly used expression among students at examtime.why does the mind go blank? simple stress,anxiety and the nagging fear of failure.Therefore information is not made available to the thinking brain and gets shifted to the Reptilian brain.
TIP #2 RELAX