

New Paper - Testing the validity of a novel passive stress task
Our recent paper tests if a novel passive stress task (watching yourself completing an active speech task) elicits a pattern of cardiovascular responding indicative of passive coping. The final paper published in Psychophysiology can be viewed here, or the preprint is available here. Here is just a brief synopsis of the main findings! Background But first, just a bit on what we mean by cardiovascular responses to stress. When we talk about cardiovascular responses to stress,