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Stability through variability: Homeostatic plasticity and psychological resilience
Dennis J L G Schutter1, Miles Wischnewski2, Harold Bekkering3
1Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands. d.schutter@donders.ru.nl
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|January 21, 2016
Summary
Cognitive positive appraisal styles enhance bodily homeostasis and protect against stress. Noninvasive brain stimulation studies reveal homeostatic plasticity as a neural mechanism underlying resilience and positive appraisal.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Stress Research
Background:
- Cognitive appraisal influences stress response and homeostasis.
- Resilience is linked to positive coping mechanisms.
- Homeostatic plasticity is crucial for neural adaptation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the neural mechanisms of resilience.
- To connect homeostatic plasticity with positive appraisal styles.
- To validate the positive appraisal style theory of resilience.
Main Methods:
- Review of noninvasive brain stimulation studies in humans.
- Analysis of neural correlates of cognitive appraisal.
- Examination of homeostatic plasticity in resilience.
Main Results:
- Homeostatic plasticity offers a neural basis for positive appraisal.
- Noninvasive brain stimulation data support this connection.
- Evidence suggests a mechanistic link between brain plasticity and stress resilience.
Conclusions:
- Homeostatic plasticity provides a neural explanation for the positive appraisal style theory of resilience.
- This sheds light on how the brain maintains stability under stress.
- Findings support targeted interventions for enhancing resilience.
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