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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages 75-88Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.026
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Acute psychosocial stress; Social cognition; Social behavior; Trier social stress test; Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis; Cortisol; Hydrocortisone; Catecholamines; Adrenergic receptors
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- University Research Priority Program Psychobiology of Stress - State Rhineland-Palatinate
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Research has shown that stress can cause psychological and physiological changes, affecting human social cognition and behavior. Current studies focus on the effects of acute stress induction or pharmacological interventions on stress-related neural circuits and their impact on social cognition and behavior. Future research needs to address methodological challenges to gain a deeper understanding of the complex interactions between psychological and biological stress variables and their effects on health and social deficits in disorders.
Stress encompasses profound psychological and physiological changes that are observable on all levels, from cellular mechanisms, humoral changes, and brain activation to subjective experience and behavior. While the impact of stress on health has already been studied for decades, a more recent field of research has revealed effects of stress on human social cognition and behavior. Initial studies have attempted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms of these stress-induced effects by measuring physiological responses or by using pharmacological approaches. We provide an overview of the current state of research on the effects of acute stress induction or pharmacological manipulations of stress-related neuro circuitry on social cognition and behavior. Additionally, we discuss the methodological challenges that need to be addressed in order to gain further insight into this important research topic and facilitate replicability of results. Future directions may help to disentangle the complex interplay of psychological and biological stress variables and their effects on social cognition and behavior on health and in disorders with social deficits.
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