Psychologist Richard S. Lazarus, who died on Nov. 24 at the age of 80 following a fall, sometimes quoted Shakespeare in trying to explain his research into the effects of stress: “For there is ...

Richard Lazarus (1993) emphasized cognitive appraisal initially in his influential theory of psychological stress and later in one of the first appraisal theories of human emotion.

In response to stress, the brain activates several neuropeptide-secreting systems. This eventually leads to the release of adrenal corticosteroid hormones, which subsequently feed back on the ...