The prefrontal cortex is a key player in stress response regulation. Electroencephalographic
(EEG) responses, such as a decrease in frontal alpha and an increase in frontal beta power …

The aim of this study was to investigate how perceived stress may affect
electroencephalographical (EEG) activity in a stress paradigm in a sample of 76 healthy …

Whereas the link between psychosocial stress and health complications has long been
established, the influence of psychosocial stress on brain activity is not yet completely …

Anxious stress compromises cognitive executive performance. This occurs, for instance, in
cognitive performance anxiety (CPA), in which anxiety about one's cognitive performance …

Selective attention depends on goal-directed and stimulus-driven modulatory factors, each
relayed by different brain rhythms. Under certain circumstances, stress-related states can …

Psychosocial stress is an omnipresent phenomenon whose neural correlates in humans are
still poorly understood. Several paradigms have been developed to induce acute stress in …

Chronic stress affects brain function, so assessing its hazards is important for mental health.
To overcome the limitations of behavioral data, we combined behavioral and event-related …

Exposure to long-term stress can lead to a variety of emotional and behavioral problems.
Although widely investigated, the neural basis of how long-term stress impacts emotional …

Background Understanding the interplay between central nervous system and hypothalamic-
pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in humans is assumed to be essential to contribute …

In this experiment, we developed and evaluated the Portland Arithmetic Stress Task (PAST)
as a cognitive stressor to evaluate acute and sustained stress reactivity for event-related …