DOZENS of students in the region will try to get their name in the record books on Friday in a mass memory test.

Teesside University students are contributing to the Guinness record attempt, which is being staged nationwide to celebrate Biology Week, ending on Friday.

By sitting a ten-minute test, which has been prepared by experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood, the students will also be contributing to a scientific study.

Lecturer Helen Page said: “Not only will it give students a chance to contribute to a record, but their answers will form part of a wider study.”