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Emotional stress, the strains of modern life and aging all can hasten cognitive decline. Memory, focus and concentration are especially vulnerable, but you can actually learn to take care of your brain, improve mental functions, remain alert and develop your brainpower. The new HeartMath Brain Fitness Program book explores the critical relationship...
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Academic anxiety is a form of emotional response triggered by unpleasant situations such as fear, anxiety, tension, and worry caused by the academic process. This study aims to describe academic anxiety in college students in terms of gender, age, and academic year. Adopting a positive paradigm, this study used a quantitative approach with a survey design. The research population includes active students of BK FIP UPI class of 2019-2022 academic year 2022/2023. The research sample was 348 taken using a non-probability sampling technique and saturated sample type. The results of the study can be concluded as follows: (1) In general, the tendency of students' academic anxiety is in the “moderate” category. (2) Female students show a higher level of academic anxiety. (3) Older students tend to have the highest level of academic anxiety. (4) Final year students have the highest level of academic anxiety. This research can help higher education counseling centers to provide guidance and counseling services to students who experience academic anxiety in facing the challenges of studying. Keywords: anxiety, academic anxiety, college student
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of 10-week heart rate variability biofeedback training on basketball skills, free throws, and heart rate variability parameters. Twenty-four basketball players (experimental, n = 12 and control, n = 12) aged 18–24 years volunteered to participate in this study. The experimental group participated in a 10-week heart rate variability biofeedback and basketball training program, while the control group only participated in the 10-week basketball training session. Basketball free-throw performance, basketball skills, and heart rate variability tests were conducted on the experimental and control groups before and after the 10-week intervention. Consequently, we discovered that basketball free-throw performance, breathing frequency, and heart rate variability parameters, which reflect vagal modulation of parasympathetic activity, improved in participants who underwent the 10-week heart rate variability biofeedback and basketball training, and not in those who took basketball training only. Our findings propose that heart rate variability biofeedback, alongside basketball workouts, can contribute to better basketball free-throw performance potentially through improved autonomic nervous system functioning. Keywords Basketball performance · Heart rate variability · Basketball free-throw · Biofeedback
