Thursday, April 18, 2013

How Acute Stress Primes Mental Performance

Acute Stress Primes Brain For Better Cognitive And Mental Performance.  Science Daily.  April 16, 2013.

The study recounted here presents the view that brief stressful events cause brain stem cells to proliferate into new nerve cells that mature in two weeks.  The improvement in mental performance is not immediate.

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