Study Smarter: Stone-age Roots, Modern Wisdoms and the Journey to Exam Success

Then this book is about to change everything.

Tests and exams contribute significantly to a student’s overall marks, making studying absolutely crucial to master. Music students don’t go into a recital without ongoing skills coaching, and the same goes for sports matches. Why, then, are we only too happy to leave students to their own devices when it comes to formulating an effective study strategy?

In Study Smarter, James argues that studying – like music and sports – should be built on a solid foundation of fundamental principles that everyone should and can master. These principles are the result of survival adaptations forged long ago in our ancestors that today are part of our mental hard-wiring. With a strong theoretical background and heaps of practical advice,
Study Smarter will teach you how to harness these fundamental principles to study for maximum effect. It offers innovative insights drawn from various disciplines, and together with advances in understanding our modern minds, is the key to studying smart and exam success.