Table 2.
Overview of the social stress task to measure neurobiological reactivity to acute stress.
| Task timeline | Activity | ANSa recordings | Cortisol samples | ||||
| Before |
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–20 minutes | — | — | –20 | |||
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–5 minutes | Aquatic video | Basal ANS parameters | — | |||
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0 minutes | — | — | Pre | |||
| Start |
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Anticipation speech task | ANS reactivity | — | |||
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Speech task | ANS reactivity | — | |||
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Manipulation check | — | — | |||
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Anticipation song task | ANS reactivity | — | |||
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Song task | ANS reactivity | — | |||
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Manipulation check | — | — | |||
| After |
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0 minutes | Recovery | ANS recovery | Post | |||
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10 minutes | — | — | +10 | |||
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20 minutes | — | — | +20 | |||
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40 minutes | — | — | +40 | |||
aANS: autonomic nervous system.