News tagged with negative stress
Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories
A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Sudden stress shifts human brain into survival mode
(Medical Xpress) -- In threatening situations, the brain adapts within seconds to prepare for an appropriate response. Some regions are temporarily suppressed. Others become more active and form temporarily alliances for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Study finds consequences of co-worker rudeness are far-reaching
A co-worker's rudeness can have a great impact on relationships far beyond the workplace, according to a Baylor University study published online in the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Findings suggest that stress create ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2011 |
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World survey links religion and happiness -- for some
(Medical Xpress) -- There may be a few atheists in foxholes, but a new study suggests that in societies under stress, those who are religious outnumber – and are happier than – their nonreligious counterparts. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 2011 |
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New research shows that we control our forgetfulness
Have you heard the saying "You only remember what you want to remember"? Now there is evidence that it may well be correct. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that we can train ourselves to forget things.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Drug may help overwrite bad memories
Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain's ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them, according to University of Montreal researchers at the Centre ...
May 26, 2011 |
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When words get hot, mental multitaskers collect cool
How useful would it be to anticipate how well someone will control their emotions? To predict how well they might be able to stay calm during stress? To accept critical feedback stoically?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2011 |
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Drop in positive emotions -- rather than jump in negative -- linked to poorer health in widowhood
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a spouse or life partner dies, the survivor experiences more illness, mental health issues and earlier death than non-widowed counterparts, research has found. Now, a new Cornell prospective study reports ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Threat to employers and workforce productivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey by King's College London and law firm Speechly Bircham reveals that employers are facing a sustained increase in workplace unrest as austerity measures, longer working hours, stress and a genuine ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Exhausted? Feeling really tired can threaten your health
For many of us, exhaustion is a fact of life. But for the rich and famous, it seems acute weariness can be so debilitating that it requires hospitalization and, in the case of Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director ...
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Daily stress plummets after age 50
After age 50, daily stress and worry take a dive and happiness increases, according to an analysis of more than 340,000 adults questioned about the emotions they experienced "yesterday."
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 18, 2010 |
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Brain Scans Track Hoop Fans' Happy Memories
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a novel study that used historical tape of a thrilling overtime basketball game between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brain researchers at Duke have found that ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Bias towards negativity predicts vulnerability to stress
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who naturally notice negative information over positive information are more susceptible to stress, research has revealed. The findings increase our understanding of what makes people ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Discovering addiction clues could help smokers kick the habit
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever tried to quit smoking, understanding how you got hooked in the first place probably seems irrelevant. But University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychologist Rick Bevins believes those ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms
In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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