India, May 2 -- The last hour before NEET can either sharpen your mind or scatter it. What you do in these 60 minutes often decides how well you use everything you already know.

Many well-prepared students underperform not because they lack knowledge, but because they enter the exam mentally overloaded, rushed, anxious and cognitively scattered. In contrast, those who perform optimally protect one thing above all: their mental clarity.

The brain is very sensitive right before an exam. Cortisol levels rise, attention narrows, and working memory gets affected. Even the academic knowledge you have acquired becomes difficult to retrieve when the mental state feels overwhelmed.

This is where small psychological interventions can make a diff...