ArticleSocial and personality psychology compass2017
A psychology of the human brain-gut-microbiome axis.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 167 citations in OpenAlex.
- From gut to brain: unveiling probiotic effects through a neuroimaging perspective-A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Disorders of the brain-gut interaction and eating disorders.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Pooled it
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- Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome composition associated with vitamin D supplementation in Taiwanese infants.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- A specific dietary fibre supplementation improves cognitive performance-an exploratory randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover study.Psychopharmacology · 2021Trial
- High-resolution metagenomic characterization of gut microbiota composition and functional pathways in irritable bowel syndrome.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biopsychosocial Influences on the Gut Microbiome in Women's Health: Moving Towards Eubiosis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Role of Dietary Carbohydrates in Cognitive Function: A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- The Gut-Brain Axis and Mental Health: How Diet Shapes Our Cognitive and Emotional Well-Being.Cureus · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of a bioenergy economy program versus mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the severity and psychological symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Psychopathology and the Validity of Gastrointestinal Symptom Reporting as Revealed Through Cluster Analyses of MMPI-2-RF Results.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
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- The Involvement of Immune Cells Between Ischemic Stroke and Gut Microbiota.Translational stroke research · 2024Review
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- Practice recommendations and referrals, perceptions of efficacy and risk, and self-rated knowledge regarding complementary medicine: a survey of Australian psychologists.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- Association of gut microbiota with depression post-myocardial infarction: A systematic evaluation and meta-analysis protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Isolation and Evaluation of the Probiotic Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from PickledFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The engagement of psychology with complementary medicine: A critical integrative review.Heliyon · 2023Review
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- Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Disorders.Seminars in neurology · 2023Review
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Abstract
In recent years, we have seen increasing research within neuroscience and biopsychology on the interactions between the brain, the gastrointestinal tract, the bacteria within the gastrointestinal tract, and the bidirectional relationship between these systems: the brain-gut-microbiome axis. Although research has demonstrated that the gut microbiota can impact upon cognition and a variety of stress-related behaviours, including those relevant to anxiety and depression, we still do not know how this occurs. A deeper understanding of how psychological development as well as social and cultural factors impact upon the brain-gut-microbiome axis will contextualise the role of the axis in humans and inform psychological interventions that improve health within the brain-gut-microbiome axis. Interventions ostensibly aimed at ameliorating disorders in one part of the brain-gut-microbiome axis (e.g., psychotherapy for depression) may nonetheless impact upon other parts of the axis (e.g., microbiome composition and function), and functional gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome represent a disorder of the axis, rather than an isolated problem either of psychology or of gastrointestinal function. The discipline of psychology needs to be cognisant of these interactions and can help to inform the future research agenda in this emerging field of research. In this review, we outline the role psychology has to play in understanding the brain-gut-microbiome axis, with a focus on human psychology and the use of research in laboratory animals to model human psychology.
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