stress
Everything’s worse when you’re stressed—including, as it turns out, the smell of the world around you. A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found that when a person becomes stressed, their emotional and olfactory portions of the brain become linked, causing inoffensive smells to become offensive. Scientists … Read More
Meditation can help reduce your stress and focus your attention, and now, according to new research, it’s effects are long-term. The study, published in Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, found that participating in an eight-week meditation training program can have a measurable effect on how the brain manages its response to … Read More
Stressed out? Go for a run. At least, that’s what researchers reporting in the Journal of Neuroscience might tell you—and really, lots of psychiatrists too. Physical exercise is known to reduce anxiety. In order to explore the link between the two further, researchers decided to examine the effects of exercise … Read More
Have you seen the headlines recently? Stress causes all kinds of health problems. So, how do you lower your stress? Well, a new analysis by MindLab tested a variety of ways to reduce stress, as measured by heart rate and tension in the muscles. The best way is reading. Reading … Read More
Step one: figure out how to calm down. Seriously—it could save your life. A recent study by the European Heart Journal found that people who believe that they are stressed have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack or other coronary event. The study examined nearly 8,000 adults, … Read More
