The World Health Organisation defines stress as any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain. The Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist Hans Selye developed the concept of a ...

Sara Imari Walker receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the John Templeton Foundation relevant to the work in this article. She is also a member of the External ...

Stress isn’t good for our health. Virtually everyone has heard this at some point, whether it’s from a spouse, doctor or well-meaning friend. But isn’t pretty much everyone stressed out? Isn’t being ...