Skip to main content

Home/ LTMS 525/ Group items tagged anxiety

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Michelle Krill

How to Deal With Kids' Math Anxiety | MindShift - 0 views

blogs.kqed.org/...to-deal-with-kids-math-anxiety

anxiety math brain

shared by Michelle Krill on 22 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 22 Nov 14
     
    "Brain scans of these children also show that when they're in the grip of math anxiety, activity is reduced in the information-processing and reasoning areas of their brains-exactly the regions that should be working hard to figure out the problems in front of them."
Michelle Krill

Mindfulness meditation may improve memory for teens | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...dfulness-idUSKCN0T62KZ20151117

mindfulness memory mindup brainbased

shared by Michelle Krill on 18 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Memory scores increased in the mindfulness meditation group by the end of the study, while they did not change in the yoga or waitlist groups, the authors reported in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
  • Perceived stress and anxiety decreased in all three groups over time.
  • “Theoretical and experimental research suggests that mindfulness meditation is associated with changes in neural pathways and may be particularly effective in promoting executive functioning,”
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Some of the benefit of the meditation sessions may come from the relationships the teens build with the instructors,
  • Michelle Krill on 18 Nov 15
     
    "Adolescents assigned to a mindfulness meditation program appeared to have improvements in memory in a recent study."
1 - 3 of 3
Showing 20▼ items per page