Biobehevioural background of a stress and the social stressor relation to Cognitive Function

• Authors: Dymitr Kostrica
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Stress more often affects our social lives. Undergoing high level or persistent stress, implicate that individuals frequently retract from social interactions and provide to be irritable and hostile. Moreover it provides to impairment of cognitive function. Exposure to stress modulated by early-life adversity could provide to cognitive function impairment; moreover, the effects of early-life stress depend on the timing of exposure and genetic factors. Executive function (EF) is an umbrella term that refers to processes that control other cognitive processes. Nevertheless, there is ample evidence that prolonged stress provides alterations in brain structure tied to cognitive function.

Keywords

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stress; social stressor; cognitive function

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Humanum. Międzynarodowe Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1(24)
• Pages: 55-73

Contributors

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Dymitr Kostrica

• Warsaw Management University, Poland