A half hour of aerobic exercise reduces test anxiety and boosts cognitive focus in students

A half hour of aerobic exercise reduces test anxiety and boosts cognitive focus in students

A brief session of moderate aerobic exercise can ease the psychological burden of test anxiety while sharpening the specific mental skills needed to ignore distractions. Researchers found that a quick run on a treadmill rebalances brain activity, helping students process conflicting information with greater speed and focus. The findings were recently published in Physiology & Behavior. Test-related distress is a common experience that goes beyon…