Stress initiates an intricate response that affects diverse cognitive and affective domains,
with the goal of improving survival chances in the light of changing environmental …

The brain is the key organ of stress reactivity, coping, and recovery processes. Within the
brain, a distributed neural circuitry determines what is threatening and thus stressful to the …

Large-scale intrinsic brain systems have been identified for exteroceptive senses (such as
sight, hearing and touch). We introduce an analogous system for representing sensations …

A scientific consensus is emerging that the origins of adult disease are often found among
developmental and biological disruptions occurring during the early years of life. These …

The brain is the key organ of stress processes. It determines what individuals will experience
as stressful, it orchestrates how individuals will cope with stressful experiences, and it …

Epidemiological studies have shown that a substantial proportion of acute coronary events
occur in individuals who lack the traditional high-risk cardiovascular (CV) profile. Mental …

Anecdotally, there can be little doubt that sleep plays a role in maintaining a good mood and
cognitive acuity. Sleep deprivation one night followed by “getting a good night's sleep” on …

Recent research shows that blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute
psychological stress are associated with adverse behavioural and health outcomes …

Psychological stress is thought to arise from appraisal processes that ascribe threat-related
meaning to experiences that tax or exceed our coping ability. Neuroimaging research …

The brain's response to stress is a matter of extensive neurocognitive research in an attempt
to unravel the mechanistic underpinnings of neural adaptation. In line with the broadly …