Attentional orienting toward social stress stimuli predicts increased cortisol responsivity to psychosocial stress irrespective of the early socioeconomic status

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 588-595

  Pilgrim, Kamala ^a,c   Marin, Marie France ^a,b   Lupien, Sonia J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Cortisol; Glucocorticoids; Socioeconomic status; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77950689995     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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