News tagged with emotional task

Emotional response may predict how the body responds to stress

Your emotional response to challenging situations could predict how your body responds to stress, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rough day at work? You won't feel like exercising

Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven't the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 7

How cigarettes calm you down

The calming neurological effects of nicotine have been demonstrated in a group of non-smokers during anger provocation. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions suggest that n ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults

With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging.

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1