Experimental stress methodology, personality and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis associations: A commentary on 'Global stress response during a social stress test: impact of alexithymia and its subfactors'

摘要

In a recent issue of psychoneuroendocrinology, Hua et al. (in press) examined the association between alexithymia and psychophysiological responses to laboratory stress. This work is welcomed and provides a particularly valuable insight into further personality and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis associations. Like other timely articles, it prompts a number of questions and potential future directions worthy of further discussion.