The corpulent phenotype—how the brain maximizes survival in stressful environments

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The reactivity of the stress system may change during the life course. In many-but not all-humans the stress reactivity decreases, once the individual is chronically exposed to a stressful and unsafe environment (e.g., poverty, work with high demands, unhappy martial relationship). Such an adaptation is referred to as habituation. Stress habituation allows alleviating the burden of chronic stress, particularly...

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