Stress responses help us navigate our environment and respond appropriately to threats.
Stress systems communicate threats to the entire organism, and as such, also stimulate …

Validated biological and psychological markers of acute stress in humans are an important
tool in translational research. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), involving public interview …

We review a significant body of evidence from independent prospective studies that if a
mother is stressed while pregnant, her child is substantially more likely to have emotional or …

Stress and stress-related health impairments are major problems in human life and
elucidating the biological pathways linking stress and disease is of substantial importance …

Whether one takes a biological, psychological, or psychosocial perspective, depression in
mothers raises concerns about risks for the development of psychopathology in the children …

More than ten years ago, the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was introduced as a
standardized protocol for the induction of moderate psychosocial stress in laboratory …

Stress is one of the most significant health problems in modern societies and the 21st
century. This explains a pressing need for investigations into the biological pathways linking …

Habituation, as described in the landmark paper by Thompson et al.[Thompson, RF, &
Spencer, WA (1966). Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates …

Human beings are an incredibly social species and along with eusocial insects engage in
the largest cooperative living groups in the planet's history. Twin and family studies suggest …

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 …