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Age and gender play a major role in how people respond to stress, according to a new study on 20-to-64-year-olds. Published in the journal Psychophysiology, the investigation was led by scientists from the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Heart Institute in collaboration with colleagues from the Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University. [continue reading…]
Holidays should be a time to relax and enjoy spending lots of time with friends and family. Instead, for most, it’s a hectic time of year with a schedule crammed full of party planning, last-minute shopping and organizing the big family dinner. This can lead to a great deal of stress, a lack of sleep, and ultimately holiday burnout, which is anything but jolly. [continue reading…]
Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system. [continue reading…]
To mark Stress Free Awareness Day today a technologist at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), has revealed her Top 10 Tips to help technology geeks to deal with stress.Today is Stress Free Awareness Day!
dr mc schraefel (lower case intentional I’m not sure why!), whose main research area is Human Computer Interaction (HCI), feels strongly that technologists and others who spend all day working at computers need to be aware of the negative effects that stress can have on their bodies and their capacity for productive work.
‘People who use technology intensively have a tendency to end up hunched over their computers,’ said schraefel. ‘Often without realising it they adopt a ‘threat response’, clenching all their muscles, which makes it difficult for them to unwind later.
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