The Effect of Acute Stress on the Calculus of Reward and Punishment

Allostasis (1), a stress-related dysfunction of the brain –body connection that is closely related to interoception (i.e., processing and integrating body-relevant signals together with external stimuli to affect motivated behavior) (2,3), plays a major role in the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety disorders (4,5). However, our understanding of the com putational processes associated with the disruption of the brain–body connection is still developing (6). Thus, examining how stress affects the computational processes underlying functional and dysfunctional adaptation is important for bringing allostasis into a computational framework.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research