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On today's show, we discuss some of the research behind acute stress and how to optimise the inevitable stressors we face in day-to-day life.

The research we chat about can be found below:

Jamieson, J. P., Crum, A. J., Goyer, J. P., Marotta, M. E., & Akinola, M. (2018). Optimizing stress responses with reappraisal and mindset interventions: an integrated model. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 31(3), 245–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2018.1442615

Lu, S., Wei, F., & Li, G. (2021). The evolution of the concept of stress and the framework of the stress system. Cell stress, 5(6), 76–85. https://doi.org/10.15698/cst2021.06.250

McEwen, B., & Akil, H. (2020). Revisiting the Stress Concept: Implications for Affective Disorders. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 12 -21. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0733-19.2019.

O'Connor, D., Thayer, J., & Vedhara, K. (2020). Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes. Annual review of psychology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-062520-122331.

Yerkes, R. M., & Dodson, J. D. (1908). The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation. Punishment: Issues and experiments, 27-41.

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