The Trier Social Stress Test: Principles and practice
Allen AP, Kennedy PJ, Dockray S, Cryan JF, Dinan TG, Clarke G
Neurobiology of stress · 2017
What the research tells us
Explains TSST principles, implementation and variants, including group, developmental and imaging adaptations. Participant characteristics and task choices change what a stress experiment can support.
Scope & interpretation
A standard stressor does not produce a standard recovery outcome in every person. Repeated testing and context require appropriate design choices.
Study at a glance
- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Review of human TSST research across health, age and stress-related conditions.
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- Evaluated speech and arithmetic, and adapted TSST protocols.
- OUTCOMES
- Methodological principles and psychological/neurobiological stress responses.
- TIME FRAME
- Online November 2016; 2017 journal issue.
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