Mixture of essential fatty acids lowers test anxiety

Shlomo Yehuda; Sharon Rabinovitz; David I. Mostofsky

doi:10.1080/10284150500445795

Mixture of essential fatty acids lowers test anxiety

Shlomo Yehuda, Sharon Rabinovitz, David I. Mostofsky

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Abstract

Test anxiety is an incapacitating academic syndrome. This study shows that administration of a polyunsaturated fatty acid mixture of omega-3 and -6 can improve the behavioral variables associated with this type of anxiety, i.e. appetite, mood, mental concentration, fatigue, academic organization and poor sleep, as well as lowering elevated cortisol level, with a corresponding reduction of anxiety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	265-267
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nutritional Neuroscience
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10284150500445795
State	Published - Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Appetite
Cortisol
Essential fatty acids
Test anxiety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
General Neuroscience
Nutrition and Dietetics

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