The Trier Social Stress Test protocol for inducing psychological stress

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 56, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Birkett, Melissa A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Issue 56; Laboratory stressor; Medicine; Physiological response; Psychological stressor; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054952530     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3238     Document Type: Article

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