Investigating the effects of exam length on performance and cognitive fatigue.

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Published in PLoS One on August 12, 2013

Authors

Jamie L Jensen1, Dane A Berry, Tyler A Kummer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA. Jamie.Jensen@byu.edu

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