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How to make stress your friend - Kelly McGonigal
| Content Provider | TED Ed |
|---|---|
| Description | Watch these recommended TED-Ed Lessons: The surprising link between stress and memory You spend weeks studying for an important test. On the big day, you wait nervously as your teacher hands it out. You’re working your way through, when you’re asked to define "ataraxia." You know you’ve seen the word before, but your mind goes blank. What just happened? Elizabeth Cox details the complex relationship between stress and memory. How stress affects your brain Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes. How stress affects your body Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what goes on inside our body when we are chronically stressed. Does stress cause pimples? Which came first: the stress or the pimples? The physical reactions to stress can cause major breakouts, which, in turn, can be even more stressful! Claudia Aguirre gives just one more reason to get that stress under control. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Health Psychology |
| Content Type | Video |
| Time Required | PT14M29S |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Video Lecture |
| Subject | Health Science |
