BiologyCommunicative & Integrative Biology
Can we understand how developmental stress enhances performance under future threat with the Yerkes-Dodson law?
L. E. Chaby, M. J. Sheriff, et al.
Adolescent chronic stress in rats produced a 43% improvement in adult foraging performance under high-threat conditions, with no impairment under low-threat contexts despite a 106% delay in foraging initiation and similar food intake. Framed by the Yerkes-Dodson law, the authors propose developmental stress shifts the arousal–performance curve, expanding the optimal arousal range and conferring a context-dependent advantage. This research was conducted by Lauren E Chaby, Michael J Sheriff, Amy M Hirrlinger, and Victoria A Braithwaite.
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