Green spaces reduce stress levels of jobless, study shows
Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender, disposable income, and degree of deprivation, a study shows.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2012
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News tagged with anxiety levels
Classical music calms shelter dogs, new study says
(Phys.org)—Dogs in animal shelters were less likely to bark and more likely to sleep to classical music than heavy metal, music specially formulated for animals, or no music, according to a new study by a Colorado State ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2012
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Why retailers need to pay attention to the smell of their stores
Retail stores overflowing with merchandise can make consumers feel claustrophobic rather than ready to spend. But the recent move towards open, minimally stocked spaces can leave them feeling just as anxious.
Economics & Business
May 27, 2014
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Job dissatisfaction encourages workers to choose temping
The unhappiness of being in a bad job is strongly linked to people's decision to leave permanent work for the uncertain world of temporary employment, the British Sociological Association's conference in Warwick heard today.
Economics & Business
Sep 5, 2013
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The use of online banking by people over 60
Experts from the Economics and Business Institute at the University of Seville have just published a study of the use of online banking by the over-60s, which shows that the digital divide of these users, far from being linked ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2018
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Having a Polar Christmas
With Christmas upon us, Cambridge historian Dr Shane McCorristine and geographer and psychologist Dr Jane S.P. Mocellin take us back to the heroic age of Polar exploration, when festive celebrations served as essential emotional, ...
Other
Dec 27, 2012
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Is anxiety contagious? Surprising research finds common stress levels in social groups
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anxiety, or the reaction to a perceived danger, is a response that differs from one animal or human to another -- or so scientists thought. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are challenging what we know ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2010
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How to distinguish lifelike robots from humans
Can you imagine being in front of an android and a human and not able to identify which one is real? Mexican researcher David Silvera-Tawil discovered, after conducting a study in Australia, that exposure to Geminoids robots ...
Robotics
Nov 4, 2015
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The 'not so quiet' before the storm: Study of Florida workers confirms employee pre-hurricane fears
Recent uneventful hurricane seasons have done little to calm Florida workers' fear of hurricanes, according to a new study by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Business Administration at the Florida State University ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2013
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Fish exposed to SSRIs exhibit abnormal behavior, study finds
Fish exhibit abnormal behavior and lower levels of anxiety when exposed to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI), which are common drugs used to treat depression, among other disorders. The study, by Baylor University ...
Ecology
Mar 6, 2012
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