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 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2131276/How-better-examsDrinking-glass-water-boost-results-grade.html
How to do better in your exams: Drinking a glass of water can boost your results by a
grade
Forget expensive private tutors and brain-boosting vitamins. The key to exam success could
be as simple as a glass of water.
Students who took a drink into the exam hall did up to 10 per cent better than those who did
not the difference between a grade.
Although it is unclear why a drink should help, one theory is that information flows more
freely between brain cells when they are well hydrated.
Researchers said that drinking water may also calm nerves, while those who became thirsty
during test time could be more easily distracted.
The study, which looked at hundreds of university students, compared whether they took a
drink such as water, coffee or cola into the exam with their final marks.
The students overall academic ability was then factored in, to ensure that the results were not
skewed by the possibility that smarter students are also more thirsty.
Those who arrived armed with drinks did around 5 per cent better on average. But the
improvement was even more marked among those just starting out at university, whose
results improved by as much as 10 per cent the difference between being awarded a firstclass degree and a 2.1, the annual conference of the British Psychological Society's heard.