• hungryhobbit 2 hours ago

People in the Education field have known that stress hampers learning for a long time ... but it's still nice to see empirical results.

• storus 2 hours ago

Yet elite universities revel in making learning experience as stressful as possible.

• joelfried an hour ago

Of course they do - they're in the credentialing business.

• Qem an hour ago

I wonder if it helps explain in part why the Publish or Perish culture is wrecking science and stalling scientific progress. The stressful environment it tends to create it's not conductive to learning and thinking in depth.

• ChrisArchitect 2 hours ago