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Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity
Study of pilot at New Zealand firm finds staff were happier and 20% more productive
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5 Ways Open-Plan Offices Reduce Collaboration
There's no doubt about it: Open-plan offices are the worst office productivity disaster of all time. They create distractions, spread illness, discourage diversity, and promote sexism. Those problems, however, were supposedly justified because open-plan offices promote "collaboration." While the term "collaboration" is corporate-speak rather than science, when it's applied to open-plan offices, it's usually described as "creating a relaxed, open environment where spontaneous conversations will spark innovation and creativity."
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NASA issues space herpes warning as virus reactivates in astronauts
NASA has issued a warning about space herpes after a study found the virus was reactivating in crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions. According to the agency, while only a small proportion of the astronauts develop symptoms as a result of the dormant virus awakening, it could spell danger for longer spaceflight missions - for instance to Mars.
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Can A Biomarker For Childhood Trauma Predict Severe Psychiatric Disease In Adulthood?
A new study in Translational Psychiatry sought to elucidate whether reduced telomere length (TL) is associated with childhood trauma in those with schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). Telomeres are the genetic material at the end of chromosomes that shorten in most human tissues with the wear and tear of aging. When they are excessively minimized, they don’t work as well and adversely impact a tissue’s ability to repair itself. Evidence shows a link between chronic stress and childhood trauma and accelerated TL shortening in otherwise healthy people (HC).
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Long-term meditation practitioners have a faster psychophysiological recovery from stress, study finds
New research published in Psychoneuroendocrinology has found that long-term meditation practitioners have a faster cortisol recovery from stress. The findings suggest the practicing meditation can improve the psychophysiological response to stress by reducing self-conscious emotions. “Stress is responsible for a variety of negative health outcomes, and takes a toll on quality of life and well-being. Thus, research on behavioral approaches that can help to attenuate the stress response is of utmost importance,” explained study author Liudmila Gamaiunova, a PhD candidate at the University of Lausanne.
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Stress may cause heart arrhythmia, even without genetic risk
Emotional stress may trigger an irregular heart beat, which can lead to a more serious heart condition later in life, new research shows. New research shows how two proteins that interconnect in the heart can malfunction during stressful moments, leading to arrhythmia, according to a study published Wednesday in Molecular Cell.
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Burnout is making us worse at our jobs, according to the WHO
“Burnout” is big this year. The term has been applied to everything from being tired at the weekend to the malaise of an entire generation. Now the World Health Organization, an international body to which many others look for guidance, is giving burnout victims legitimacy by including what it calls “burn-out” in the latest version of its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems, a handbook for recognized medical conditions. It’s the first time time burnout has been recognized by the organization, Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, told reporters.
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The mindfulness conspiracy
The long read: It is sold as a force that can help us cope with the ravages of capitalism, but with its inward focus, mindful meditation may be the enemy of activism
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Study Finds You Can 'Pet Your Stress Away' By Cuddling Cats and Dogs
You know that petting your dog feels good, now science is backing you up. A recent study conducted by Washington State University scientists found that cuddling and stroking a cat or dog for just a few minutes can reduce your cortisol levels. “Just 10 minutes can have a significant impact,” Patricia Pendry, an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Human Development, said in a statement. “Students in our study that interacted with cats and dogs had a significant reduction in cortisol, a major stress hormone.”
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6 Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them
Changing jobs isn’t always the answer.
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Cyberloafing can buffer some of the negative effects of workplace aggression
New research suggests that employees use cyberloafing to cope with abusive and stressful workplace conditions, such as being treated in a disrespectful manner or facing unreasonable deadlines. The findings appear in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
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How To Cope Under Pressure, According To Psychology
You’re preparing for an important meeting, and the pressure’s on. If it’s bad now, how will you cope when you actually have to perform? Will you fly? Or will you sink?
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Stress Kills; Here’s How to Beat It
It seems like there’s so much to be stressed out about these days — from work to relationships to finances to world events. There are bills to pay, misbehaving kids, angry bosses, home repairs … it seems like the list of stressors never ends. (We may not be fighting saber-toothed tigers like our cave-dwelling ancestors — but we’ve got plenty of issues of our own.)
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Researchers investigate impact of police stops on youths' mental health
New research from The University of Texas at San Antonio reveals that youths who experience intrusive police stops are at risk of heightened emotional distress. The findings come from a study by assistant professors Dylan Jackson, Chantal Fahmy and Alexander Testa in UTSA’s Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, who collaborated with professor Michael Vaughn from St. Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice.
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Research Suggests Trump's Election Has Been Detrimental to Many Americans' Mental Health
For many Americans, the anxiety surfaced on Election Day of 2016. As the possibility of a Hillary Clinton victory began to slip away—and the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency became more and more certain—the contours of the new age of American anxiety began to take shape. In a 2017 column, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank described this phenomenon as "Trump Hypertensive Unexplained Disorder":
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Stress speeds up hair greying process, science confirms
Fight-or-flight response nerves pump out hormone that wipes out pigmentation cells
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How Technology (Yes, Technology!) Can Help You De-Stress
There’s a lot that can stress you out these days, but Tara Calishain has recommendations for web sites that can help you take the edge off.
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How to optimise your headspace on a mission to Mars
The quest to explore Mars and more distant worlds is more than an engineering challenge: it’s a challenge to the human mind
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Scientists explain why stress can age you on a cellular level
According to the Stress in America survey from the American Psychological Association, released in May, this year marks the first significant increase in reported stress since the survey began in 2007. On a 10-point scale, the average stress level is 5.9. For parents with children younger than 18, it’s 6.7.
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App Lets You Destress By Screaming Into Icelandic Wilderness
2020 has been a stressful year. Iceland wants to help. A group developed an app that will let you record and broadcast a scream, pent up by the pandemic, into the Icelandic wilderness.
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