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Brain, memory and cognition
Some days you remember better than others
If you're planning a studying schedule, and you have a particularly difficult subject that you always do badly in, check if it's offered on Thursday at 9:00am.

That day and time, according to the Laboratoire de Psychologie Experimentale of the Universite Francois Rabelais in Tours, France, is when your memory is at its peak.

 
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As reported in the journal Chronobiology International, memory researchers read 103 children a story, then asked them to memorise a group of words.

The sessions were held on different days of the week, and at different times. A week later, the children were asked questions about the story. Those who had been at sessions held at 9:00 on Thursday morning always did better than any other group.

Of course, this may only work for French classes. There is never a good time for intermediate calculus.

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