Psychoneuroimmunology: Psychology's Gateway to the Biomedical Future.

نویسنده

  • Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science

دوره 4 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009