Writing down worries boosts your performance

(PTI)Researchers at the University of Chicago found that the exercise of writing down worries appears to clear the mind and allows it too focus on the job in hand.

The technique is so powerful that students taking an exam showed a 20 per cent improvement in their marks if they used it just before sitting down, they found.

"People are in this stressful situation and they worry about it and the consequences," said Prof Sian Beilock, who led the study.

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Low depression is found in Optimistic teens.

According to the study carried out by Australian researchers, the found that kids who think positive about themselves and around them are less prone to depression.

This study was carried out on more than 5,600 Australian teens, aged between 12 to 14, was lead by researcher, Dr. George C. Patton of the University of Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital in Australia.

This study was published in the journal Pediatrics.

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