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Test-enhanced learning may be a gender-related phenomenon explained by changes in cortisol level
Article first published online: 5 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03790.x
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011
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Kromann, C. B., Jensen, M. L. and Ringsted, C. (2011), Test-enhanced learning may be a gender-related phenomenon explained by changes in cortisol level. Medical Education, 45: 192–199. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03790.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 JAN 2011
- Article first published online: 5 JAN 2011
- Received 23 January 2010; editorial comments to authors 8 April 2010; accepted for publication 25 June 2010
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