Abstract: ‘Trier Social Stress Test’ (TSST) is a widely used protocol in a laboratory setting for its physiological response during a moderate psychological stress. The ‘Montreal Imaging Stress Task’ (MIST), derived from the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), is a protocol for inducing moderate psychological stress in a functional imaging setting. There were many relevant researches based on Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) and Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST). Authors suggested that the TSST should be developed if researchers are interested in psychosocial stress study in laboratory setting in Chinese culture.

Key words: stress, Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST), saliva, cortisol