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Better cardio fitness may lower anxiety during stressful moments and help people stay calmer on difficult days.

Sextinction anxiety rises fast when desire drops, and nothing feels more unsettling than wondering why your body and brain ...

Motivation is affected by oxidative stress in the brain, a study shows. The findings also suggest motivation can be improved through nutritional interventions. In life, motivation can be the ...

The ongoing pandemic, elections, and looming holiday season may cause stress levels to be at an all-time high. In fact, three quarters of American’s say their mental and physical health are being ...

There is good stress and there is bad stress. The good kind is necessary for survival and involves the fight-or-flight response. When you see a lion stalking you through a cubicle jungle and you run ...

We typically think of math anxiety as universally bad for math learning, but a team of scholars have now discovered that the relationship between math anxiety and learning is much more complex. Based ...

Discovering whether the brain carries early signs of Alzheimer’s doesn’t necessarily spark fear or sadness—in fact, people often feel less anxious after learning their results. But there’s a catch: ...

While organizations often dedicate the holiday season to recognizing employees for a job well done, a good share of workers say they regularly feel underappreciated in the workplace throughout the ...