Effects on the exam
calmness, anxiety, OLP
Participants had mixed perspectives on the pills’ effect during the exam situation. In the IP group, nine participants were either unsure if the pill had a positive effect on the exam itself or thought it might have been subliminal. Some felt less nervous and more calm compared to previous exam situations, but could not certainly attribute it to the pill. Half of the IP participants expressed that they rather felt a helpful and buffering effect during the learning phase but not during the exam.Similarly, five OLP interviewees thought that the intervention helped indirectly for the exam by facilitating the learning phase. For the other five participants, the OLP induced noticeable effects during or right before the examination that ranged from better mood, increased calmness to reduced anxiety.