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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Brief Meditation, State and Trait Anxiety Does Not Effect Exam Performance

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Melissa Lehman
    Lynn University
  • Hannah Hlavacek
    Lynn University

Abstract

Muse Meditation Headbands were used to assess anxiety and meditative states. State anxiety, trait anxiety and test anxiety were measured in college students over two sessions. Correlations between trait anxiety and alpha waves approached significance. Regression analyses suggest state anxiety and trait anxiety were not predictive factors in exam performance

Anxiety