Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science

Cohen S, Gianaros PJ, Manuck SB.
PMID: 27474134
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2016 Jul;11(4):456-63. doi: 10.1177/1745691616646305.

In this article, we argued that the term stress has served as a valuable heuristic, helping researchers to integrate traditions that illuminate different stages of the process linking stressful life events to disease. We provided a short history of...

Current directions in psychological science

Erickson KI, Creswell JD, Verstynen TD, Gianaros PJ.
PMID: 25844028
Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2014 Dec;23(6):446-453. doi: 10.1177/0963721414549350.

Health neuroscience is a new field that is at the interface of health psychology and neuroscience. It is concerned with the interplay between the brain and physical health over the lifespan. This review provides a conceptual introduction to health...

Current directions in psychological science

Gianaros PJ, Wager TD.
PMID: 26279608
Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2015 Aug 01;24(4):313-321. doi: 10.1177/0963721415581476.

Psychological stress is thought to arise from appraisal processes that ascribe threat-related meaning to experiences that tax or exceed our coping ability. Neuroimaging research indicates that these appraisal processes originate in brain systems that also control physiological stress reactions...