subject has suddenly deserted you. You can’t recall a single relevant thought. You grit your teeth and summon all the powers of your will, but the harder you try, the farther the knowledge seem to flee. Frustrated, you leave the examination room. The mental pressure eases. Suddenly the answers you were hunting for so desperately a few minutes ago flow tantalizingly back into your mind. You told yourself you knew the material, and sure enough, you did ...but not when you needed to. The mistake you made was to try to force yourself to remember. By the law of reversed effort, this led not to
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