is there any difference if you sleep first before you study or study first before you sleep?

Each person is different. For some people, if they stay up study as much as possible and then sleep, they end up remembering more because their body seems to “digest” it all as they sleep. For others, sleep just means forgetting what they thought they knew. Some do better by being well rested when they begin studying.

Here are a few tips on studying in general.

1) Focus on one subject at a time; if you have a few to do, do all of one, then take a break, then start the second.

2) Study different subjects in different locations; the mind often organizes information from its spatial environment, so I’d, for example, study chemistry in the living room, biology in the kitchen, and history in the bedroom.

3) Try Ginko Biloba. It is an herb that is suppose to increase oxygen to your mind by openning up your carotid arteries more (however, sometimes they are already open all the way so it doesn’t do anything).

4) Try to make mnemonic devices for remembering lists of things.

I always found it was better to be well rested than well studied if it came down to that. I mean if you’re not studying long before the last night then a night of cramming won’t help. So I always voted for sleep over study.

Yes your sleeping, eating, and drinking affect your mental abilities. as do your study habits.

there are so many angles you are better off with a study skills web site or book

sleep while you are studying