Title: CHALLENGE “STRESS” IN LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE – RESULTS FROM BRAIN RESEARCH AND CONSEQUENCES
Abstract: Stressful events are very common in private and professional life, and above all, in schools. All in all it is essential for the whole life: In the brain the parts of Cognition are strongly influenced by the parts of Emotion. Stress not only leads to physical consequences, but also causes poorer performance in professional life and learning at school. Stress may also lead to rigid memories and the retrieval of habits rather than creative and complex solutions. Dangerous is also a possible weakening of the trust in self with the consequence of „Learned Helplessness“. Therefore: Anxiety and stress must be reduced. But it is also necessary to learn to cope with stress. For Stress Management is a combination of some of the following measures recommended: Instrumental management of stress, Mental management of stress and Regenerative management of stress.