High levels of hair cortisol—a sign of long-term stress—are associated with reduced survival in wild grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus), according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Ecology.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2017
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Take a fish out of water and its stress hormones will go up. Adrenaline and noradrenaline, the "fight or flight" hormones, peak first, followed more gradually by cortisol. A new study finds that largemouth bass whose cortisol ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2017
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A school-based intervention that promotes warm and caring interactions between a teacher and child can reduce the child's stress in the classroom, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2016
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Male athletes are far more likely to choke under pressure than their female counterparts, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) as part of a study of men's and women's Grand Slam Tennis tournament ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2016
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Teacher burnout and student stress may be linked, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2016
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(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that deep voices in primates, including humans, might have evolved more as a means to intimidate rivals than to attract females for mating. In their paper published ...
The hormones testosterone and cortisol may destabilise financial markets by making traders take more risks, according to a study.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2015
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Chemical analyses by neuroscientist Jerrold Meyer and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are helping to establish hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as an important new biomarker for stress in wild animals ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2014
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While small-scale horticulture is a relatively recent addition to the human repertoire of food provisioning, hunting has deep evolutionary roots. In practically every society, hunting ability correlates with reproductive ...
Evolution
Dec 12, 2013
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University of Adelaide researchers have shown that sheep wool growth can be significantly boosted by manipulating the stress hormone, cortisol, in their pregnant mothers.
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2013
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