December 22, 2007

Stress: Interference to Learning

 (Article length 2072 words)

By E. Simon Hanson – Originally posted August 2000

Introduction

Taking a final exam can be a stressful experience for any student. As the moment arrives when the tests are handed out and procrastination is no longer an option, nervous attentiveness and the flushed pallor that accompanies an increased heart rate can clearly be observed in some students. What is it about the exam that is stressful, and why don’t all students respond to the exam in the same way? What effect will this stress have on a student’s performance? In order to understand the answers to these questions, we must understand a little more about what stress is and how it affects both the brain and body.


…studying biological stress is like studying the wind from within an enclosed building. If you are not able to measure it directly, you have to infer its presence by studying how objects like trees move in response to it.


 

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