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SUBMITTER: Frisch JU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313597 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frisch Johanna U JU Häusser Jan A JA Mojzisch Andreas A
Frontiers in psychology 20150202
In our lives, we face countless situations in which we are observed and evaluated by our social interaction partners. Social-evaluative threat is frequently associated with strong neurophysiological stress reactions, in particular, an increase in cortisol levels. Yet, social variables do not only cause stress, but they can also buffer the neurophysiological stress response. Furthermore, social variables can themselves be affected by the threat or the threat-induced neurophysiological stress resp ...[more]