3: 5 Ways You Can Use Your Working Memory to Reduce Stress

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed, like your brain is totally full and you just can’t think straight?! In this episode, I’m going to show you five tips on how to support your brain so that you can kick stress to the curb.

Your working memory is a really important cognitive skill, and I explain what it is, how it works, and exactly what you can do today to start reducing the load on your mind so that you can feel more at ease.

📚 Prefer to read? Check out this episode on the blog! https://liveanintentionallife.com.au/blog/5-ways-you-can-use-your-working-memory-to-reduce-stress

Relevant research articles:

Baddeley, A. (1992). Working memory. Science, 255(5044), 556-559.
D'Esposito, M., & Postle, B. R. (2015). The cognitive neuroscience of working memory. Annual review of psychology, 66(1), 115-142.
Klabes, J., Babilon, S., Zandi, B., & Khanh, T. Q. (2021). The sternberg paradigm: Correcting encoding latencies in visual and auditory test designs. Vision, 5(2), 21.
Nückles, M., Roelle, J., Glogger-Frey, I., Waldeyer, J., & Renkl, A. (2020). The self-regulation-view in writing-to-learn: Using journal writing to optimize cognitive load in self-regulated learning. Educational Psychology Review, 32(4), 1089-1126.
Sternberg, S. (1966). High-speed scanning in human memory. science, 153(3736), 652-654.

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