A memory-enhancing emotionally arousing narrative increases blood glucose levels in human subjects

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-396

  Parent, Marise B ^a   Varnhagen, Connie ^a   Gold, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0032757747     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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