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Test Anxiety: How and When Does It Harm Students?
When our students learn, we naturally want them to show us what they’ve learned. Most schools…
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From Stressed to Resilient by Deborah Gilboa
Our lives are filled with change and all change is stressful whether that change is…
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When Analogies Go Wrong: The Benefits of Stress?
An amazing discovery becomes an inspiring analogy: Researchers at BioSphere 2 noticed a bizarre series…
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The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of...
The famous, well-replicated “still-face experiment” involves an infant and parent seated facing each other. After…
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An Exciting Event In Mindfulness Research [Repost]
I’ve been reviewing old posts, looking for information that might be particularly helpful in today’s…
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Home News: Rememebring Bruce McEwen
I first heard Dr. Bruce McEwen talk about the neurobiology of stress in 2010. He…
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An Unexpected Strategy to Manage Student Stress
We might be inclined to reassure our anxious students, and advise them to “remain calm.” This research, however, suggests a surprising alternative. Continue reading
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An Exciting Event in Mindfulness Research
New research on mindfulness training avoids the pitfalls of earlier studies. And: it shows meaningful changes in both the mind and the brain. Continue reading
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The Best (Counter-intuitive) Sleep Advice You’ll Get This Year
How to fall asleep faster? According to this research, take 5 minutes a write a to-do list for the upcoming days. This technique offloads stress, and promotes faster sleep onset. Continue reading
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Two Helpful Strategies to Lessen Exam Stresses
Exam stress bothers many of our students. Sadly, it hinders students from lower socio-economic status…