Stress leads to prosocial action in immediate need situations

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Buchanan, Tony W ^a   Preston, Stephanie D ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Decision making; Empathy; Perception action; Stress; TSST

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 84892994500     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00005     Document Type: Review

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