Stress Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

“This brings up a key concept, namely the inverted U. The complete absence of stress is aversively boring. Moderate, transient stress is wonderful—various aspects…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“stress weakens frontal connections with the hippocampus—essential for incorporating the new information that should prompt shifting to a new strategy—while strengthening frontal connections with…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Moreover, sustained stress and glucocorticoid exposure enhance LTP and suppress LTD in the amygdala, boosting fear conditioning, and suppress LTP in the frontal cortex.…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Stress and glucocorticoids have inverted-U effects here as well. Moderate, transient stress (or exposure to the equivalent glucocorticoid levels) increases spine number in the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“how acute stress strengthens connectivity between the frontal cortex and motoric areas, while weakening frontal-hippocampal connections; the result is decision making that is habitual,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

At every level, from the microcellular to the psychological, exercise not only wards off the ill effects of chronic stress; it can also reverse…

— Anonymous

“During sustained stress, the amygdala processes emotional sensory information more rapidly and less accurately, dominates hippocampal function, and disrupts frontocortical function; we’re more fearful,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory function, such…

— Siri Hustvedt

Spatial working memory is impaired by stress.

— Richard Davidson

Long-term memory involves enduring changes that result from the growth of new synaptic connections.

— Eric Kandel

Living in stressful situations there are chemicals in your brain that are released that essentially degrade the neuron connections that allow you to function…

— Chris Murphy

Stress makes us prone to tunnel vision, less likely to take in the information we need. Anxiety makes us more risk-averse than we would…

— Noreena Hertz