Instant Genius: Stress

How does physical exercise help reduce stress?

Physical exercise is beneficial for both body and mind, but how can hitting the gym have such a positive mental effect?

Learning to drive can lower stress levels in rats

The rats were trained to operate tiny cars to get food rewards

Stress really does turn your hair grey

Stress causes nerves in the hair follicles to release the hormone norepinephrine, a study in mice has shown.

Meditation leaves me feeling more stressed. What am I doing wrong?

Ommm…Arrrgh. Not everyone has positive experiences practicing meditation.

The wrong time to be fifty: middle-aged people are more stressed in the 21st Century

Life is more stressful for middle-aged people now than in the 1990s, a study has found.