Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But anxiety can take a draining toll over time. The reason, notes Dr. Hankins: It causes elevations in the stress hormone cortisol ...

The next time you’re stressed, sweating, or overwhelmed, cross your arms, give yourself a little hug, and start tapping on your shoulders. Angie pulls out the easy-to-do move whenever she’s anxious or ...

Tests are a high-stress situation for many students and professionals as grades, advancement, and sometimes jobs can be on the line. However, some people tend to perform poorly on tests despite ...

Proponents say that manually stimulating acupressure points can ease a variety of maladies. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron It looks a little goofy. A self-help method called ...

Some anxiety before tests is useful, as it can help motivate a student to prepare and help them remain careful during a test (Porcelli & Delgado, 2017). However, when anxiety becomes too great, it can ...

In education circles, it’s popular to rail against testing, especially timed exams. Tests are stressful and not the best way to measure knowledge, wrote Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at ...

AARP Magazine: Marjorie N. Edguer, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, described tapping as "cognitive reframing"—retraining the brain to ...