Claim CAS-C3
Claim CAS-C3
Social support during a stressful task lowers the cortisol response to it.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 6, When the Foundation Shakes and Chapter 13, The Social Brain
- How it was checked
- Checked from reference; source to be re-checked
Sources
- Heinrichs, M., Baumgartner, T., Kirschbaum, C., & Ehlert, U. (2003). Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress. Biological Psychiatry, 54(12), 1389-1398. DOI 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00465-7
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