The relationship between early and recent life stress and emotional expression processing: A functional connectivity study.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to characterize neural activation during the processing of negative facial expressions in a non-clinical group of individuals characterized by two factors: the levels of stress experienced in early life and in adulthood. Two models of stress consequences were investigated: the match/mismatch and cumulative stress models. The match/mismatch model assumes that early adversities may promote optimal coping with similar events in the future through fostering the development of coping strategies. The cumulative stress model assumes that effects of stress are additive, regardless of the timing of the stressors. Previous studies suggested that stress can have both cumulative and match/mismatch effects on brain structure and functioning and, consequently, we hypothesized t

SUBMITTER: Sokolowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7266792 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature