Dayna Lee-Baggley, Dalhousie University and Shannan M. Grant, Mount Saint Vincent University Safety and Health Week is May 1 to 6. It offers us a chance to highlight and discuss safety, health and harm prevention in the workplace. Workplaces have come a long way from a time when safety was equated with physical safety. Occupational health and safety is no
Continue reading Think of a time when you felt vulnerable. Perhaps you were in a hospital corridor, or an exam hall, about to be tested. Now, focus on the building you were in. What if, without you knowing, the design of that space was affecting you? We study environmental psychology, a growing field of research investigating the relationship between humans and the
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Since, we all, at some time, or another, experience, stress, and/ or, stressful experiences, doesn’t it make sense, for each of us, to do, all we can, to proactively, address stress, sooner, rather than later? The Nobel Prize was awarded, decades ago, to, Dr. Hans Selye, who, differentiated, between, debilitating – stress, and the useful type, which he called, eustress.
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When we think of our Brain the first few things that cross our mind are complex, signals, neurons, synapses, complicated words we have already heard in connection to Human Brain… Our Brain is in fact the most complex structure known to Humankind. Giving into its complexity we usually are ignorant about the ways to keep it healthy and sound. What
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According to the American Psychological Association, Stress is often described as a feeling of being overwhelmed, worried or run-down. Well, most of us do not require APA to confirm that, do we? When we define stress, it is any uncomfortable emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes. Stressed up already? Interesting facts are on the way… Being
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