My takeaway - at worst it doesn't exist. If it does exist, then it isn't yet well enough defined to be useful.
(1) Yerkes, R.M., and Dodson, J.D. (1908). The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit formation. Journal of Comparative Neurology of Psychology, 18(5), 459-482.
@mlevison Maybe. But... the original 1975 paper by Hans Selye conceptualising eustress is considered foundational work, and the basic notion of "good stress" separate from distress has been widely accepted and built upon in later research across multiple fields.
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