Physiological dynamics of stress contagion

Abstract Can viewing others experiencing stress create a “contagious” physiological stress response in the observer? To investigate second-hand stress, we first created a stimulus set of videos, which featured participants speaking under either minimal stress, high stress, or while recovering from s...

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Main Authors: Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Omid Kardan, Elizabeth A. Necka, Jean Decety, Marc G. Berman, Greg J. Norman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05811-1