Background Acute psychological stress activates the sympatho-adrenal medullary (SAM)
system and hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. The relevance of this stress reactivity …

The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

Stress reduction through contact with nature is well established, but far less is known about
the contribution of contact parameters–duration, frequency, and nature quality. This study …

In recent years, research in behavioral medicine has become increasingly focused on
understanding how chronic and acute exposure to stress impacts health outcomes. During …

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely
regarded as the definitive graduate-level psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize …

Stress and pain are interleaved at multiple levels-interacting and influencing each other.
Both are modulated by psychosocial factors including fears, beliefs, and goals, and are …

Stress is an ubiquitous phenomenon with significant impact on human physiology when it
lasts too long, when it is too intense, or when it hits vulnerable individuals. Examining the …

Objective Due to the impact of stress and related psychophysiological responses on
competitive performance, psychological interventions that reduce stress and may thus …

Background Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a new, non-invasive
technique being investigated as an intervention for a variety of clinical disorders, including …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often associated with alterations in the hypothalamic–
pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. Previous findings are inconsistent, possibly due to trauma …