Conscientiousness and Agreeableness Moderate Perceived Racial Stress Impacts on Cognitive Control through the Neuroimmune Pathway

103 African American community members participated in hospital studies of perceived racial stress (PRS) on cognitive control (Stroop) validating some central mediators in the neuroimmune  axis (neuromodulators and proinflamatory cytokines) as moderated by low consciousness or by moderate agreeableness supporting theorized pathway functioning and differential burdens across personality types.