Many important decisions are made under stress and they often involve risky alternatives. There has been ample evidence … that stress influences decision making in cognitive as well as in affective domains, but still very little is known about … whether individual attitudes to risk change with exposure to acute stress. To directly evaluate the causal effect of stress on …

environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …

psychosocial stress using the Trier Social Stress Test, and confirm that this is effective by measuring salivary cortisol. Subjects …Since many key career events, such as exams and interviews, involve competition and stress, gender differences in … response to these factors could help to explain the labor-market gender gap. In a laboratory experiment, we manipulate …

cortisol levels, heart rate and multidimensional mood questionnaire scores), we show that stress was successfully induced on …Many important decisions are made under stress and they often involve risky alternatives. There has been ample evidence … that stress influences decision making, but still very little is known about whether individual attitudes to risk change …

improve self-control and reduce stress. We conduct the experiment with 139 participants, half of whom receive a four … experiment. The training technique we consider is a well-known psychological technique called "mindfulness", which is believed to …-related behaviours. We find evidence that mindfulness training reduces perceived stress, but only weak evidence on its impact on …

payment scheme. Stress is measured over the entire course of the experiment at both the hormonal and psychological level …. Hormonal stress responses are captured by measuring salivary cortisol levels. Psychological stress responses are measured by … psychological stress measures are positively correlated, i.e. increased levels of cortisol are associated with stronger feelings of …

payment scheme. Stress is measured over the entire course of the experiment at both the hormonal and psychological level …. Hormonal stress responses are captured by measuring salivary cortisol levels. Psychological stress responses are measured by …. Biological and psychological stress measures are positively correlated, i.e. increased levels of cortisol are associated with …