Distraction-focused interventions on examination stress in nursing students: Effects on psychological stress and biomarker levels. A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Nursing students all over the world experience high levels of stress with negative impacts on their health, emotional state and performance.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effects of distraction-focused interventions on examination stress and anxiety in nursing students.

Methods: A randomized controlled, parallel trial design was conducted from January to June 2016.

Water Immersion as a Model of Hypogravity.

We studied the effects of hypogravity modeled by water immersion on cognitive functions and physiological parameters of monkeys. Cognitive capacities of monkeys were evaluated using computer-controlled joystick task with food reward in case of target hit. Water immersion (3 days for 3 h) affected in cognitive functions, body temperature, and blood parameters.