Mixture of essential fatty acids lowers test anxiety.

Sharon Rabinovitz, David I Mostofsky, Shlomo Yehuda

Journal: Nutritional neuroscience 2006;8(4):265-7

PMID: 16491653

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.

Address: Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1080/10284150500445795

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MeSH Terms: Affect, Anxiety, Appetite, Educational Measurement, Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Fatty Acids, Omega-6, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Linoleic Acid, Male, Placebos, Test Anxiety Scale, alpha-Linolenic Acid