Selye
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In his 1936 personal-development opus “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie quoted the Vienna-born scientist Hans Selye: “As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
Everything comes around; Dr Hans Selye looked into this many years ago.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016
It could also explain the notion of “eustress,” invented by endocrinologist Hans Selye to refer to a combination of euphoria and stress, such as that resulting from watching tense sporting events.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2014
When Dr. Selye injected rats with overdoses of ACTH, the animals quickly lost weight and developed abscesses of the lungs, kidneys, liver and spleen.
From Time Magazine Archive
By then the great Harvard physiologist Walter Cannon, along with Selye, had proved that psychological strain itself could cause dramatic hormonal changes and hence physiological symptoms.
From Time Magazine Archive
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