Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge.

By Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2009

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Social Psychology

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Acute psychosocial stress: does the emotional stress response correspond with physiological responses? (2012, positive): “…substantial evidence of various factors that moderate the cortisol stress response (such as gender, age, genetic factors, nicotine consumption; e.g. Kudielka et al., 2009; Foley and Kirschbaum, 2010), it seems plausible to assume additional factors that also affect the subjective stress experience.”
Inducing physiological stress recovery with sounds of nature in a virtual reality forest--results from a pilot study. (2013, methodology): “psychosocial stressors [44], we chose only male participants in this small sample pilot study to decrease variance.”
The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity (2010, positive): “In public speaking tasks, sex differences in HPA responsivity show an inconsistent pattern; when effects are found, they indicate stronger responses in men, although women show increased cortisol response in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (Kajantie and Phillips, 2006; Kudielka and Kirschbau”
Salivary Cortisol as a Biomarker in Social Science Research (2013, neutral): “(Kudielka et al., 2009).”
Stress-related and basic determinants of hair cortisol in humans: A meta-analysis. (2016, positive): “…e.g. evidence that men exhibit enhanced 24-h urinary glucocorticoid metabolite excretion (Remer et al., 2008) and cortisol stress reactivity (Kudielka et al., 2009; Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005), but it does not match others findings in males, e.g. reduced total plasma cortisol reactivity…”
The brain and the stress axis: The neural correlates of cortisol regulation in response to stress (2009, neutral): “Helmer, ”Limbic system mechanisms of stress regulation: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis”, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1201-1213, 2005.”