Authors:
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Summary:
How do stressful events and negative emotions influence the immune system, and how big are the effects? This broad question has been intensely interesting to psychoneuroimmunology
researchers over the last 3 decades. Many promising lines of work underscore the reasons why
this question is still so important and pivotal to understanding and other advances. New multidisciplinary permutations provide fresh vistas and emphasize the importance of training psychologists more broadly so that they will be central and essential players in the advancement
of biomedical science.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science; Vol. 4, No. 4, 369 (2009)