Psychoneuroendocrinological indicators of stress and intellectual performance among older adults: An exploratory study

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-401

  Kelly, Kimberly S ^a   Hayslip, Bert ^a   Servaty, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANXIETY; COGNITION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0030450702     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739608254019     Document Type: Article

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