title: Cognitive trade-offs and the costs of resilience.
abstract: Genetic, endocrinological, and psychological evidence demonstrates that resilience commonly trades off with sensitivity. The existence of such trade-offs indicates that resilience bears costs as well as benefits, and that some disorders can best be conceptualized in terms of extremes of trade-offs rather than expression of deficits. Testing for cognitive trade-offs should be a priority for psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and genetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences,Simon Fraser University,Burnaby,BC V5A 1S,Canada.crespi@sfu.cahttp://www.sfu.ca/biology/people/profiles/crespi.html.
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Crespi
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans