Emily Yoon

When people say “take a chill pill, ”  they mean to tell you to calm down. While taking actual supplement pills of magnesium, B vitamins can effectively help you calm down, but many people don’t utilize their body’s full potential to calm down. The body’s nervous system manufactures chemical signals from the slow, intentional breathing. This breathing activates the vagus nerve, which turns on the parasympathetic “rest and digest” system. As you exhale, your brain releases GABA, an inhibitory...

I was always restricted from coffee and coffee-flavored items, like most other children, because of the caffeine they contained. Parents often say no to coffee for children because they believe caffeine stunts growth by blocking adenosine receptors. When caffeine occupies these receptors, it prevents that feeling of tiredness, leading to heightened alertness, increased heart rate, and delayed sleep onset, which is when growth hormones are released to drive tissue repair, bone growth, and...

As the American football season is coming up, millions of fans are tuning into ESPN. They invest time into crafting the perfect fantasy football picks and huddle around the TV. But what makes these die-hard football fans love the game? The answer lies as much in psychology as in the sport itself. In short, football provides individuals with a sense of identity. Social identity theory describes how individuals define a portion of their self-identity by way of group memberships, whether it be...