6 sentences with 'stressful'
Example sentences and phrases with the word stressful and other words derived from it.
• « Just as there are a myriad of stressful - or "stress-relieving" - situations, so anticipation and imagination of such situations can work in the same way. »
• « It has been found that the human organism can withstand stressful situations for a short time but cannot - and does not know how to cope with them beyond that time. The main physiological changes recorded are: high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and weakening of the immune system as a consequence of this abnormal state of the nervous system. »
• « It turns out that beta-3 receptors have the particularity of being more sensitive to noradrenaline than to adrenaline, i.e. they depend on the nervous system. They are therefore especially activated in stressful situations, when there is a high emotional charge. »
• « In response to a stressful situation, male baboons show an immediate increase in cortisol levels, but while the testicles of "dominated" monkeys - as with us, these animals have a complex social structure, with different hierarchies - react to this increase and stop producing testosterone, the sex glands of "dominant" males not only do not inhibit, but increase their activity. »
• « The fact that the former showed less than half as much cortisol in their blood as the monkeys without "personality" suggests that, in a stressful situation, baboons with a hesitant character are the most affected". »
• « Thus," concludes Robert Sapolsky, "the importance of psychological state in the face of conflict is demonstrated: A predisposition to accept stressful situations reduces the harmful physical responses triggered by stress. »