Crosstalk between inflammatory pathways and neurocircuits in the brain can lead to
behavioural responses, such as avoidance and alarm, that are likely to have provided early …

Background Sleep disturbance is associated with inflammatory disease risk and all-cause
mortality. Here, we assess global evidence linking sleep disturbance, sleep duration, and …

In this paper, we integrate recent theoretical and empirical developments in predictive
coding and active inference accounts of interoception (including the Embodied Predictive …

Mindfulness meditation represents a mental training framework for cultivating the state of
mindful awareness in daily life. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in how …

We propose that depression can be viewed as an adaptation to conserve energy after the
perceived loss of an investment in a vital resource such as a relationship, group identity, or …

Children who experience chronic stressors are vulnerable to emotional and physical health
problems across the lifespan. This phenomenon raises questions for scientists and …

Life stress is a central construct in many models of human health and disease. The present
article reviews research on stress and health, with a focus on (a) how life stress has been …

Background While noise annoyance has become recognized as an important environmental
stressor, its association to mental health has hardly been studied. We therefore determined …

Being able to cope effectively with stress can help people to avoid negative consequences
for their psychological well-being. The purpose of this study was to find out why some coping …

Objective Epidemiologic investigations evaluating the association of fruit and vegetable
consumption with depression risk have yielded controversial results. Therefore, a meta …