Playing social-intelligence game reduces stress hormone by 17 percent

A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress-related hormone cortisol. The new findings appear in the October issue of the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news112365409.html">Playing social-intelligence game reduces stress hormone by 17 percent</a></p> <p>A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress-related hormone cortisol. The new findings appear in the October issue of the American Psychological Association’s <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</i>.</p>