Higher cortisol values facilitate spatial memory in toddlers. Brief report

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 911, Issue , 2000, Pages 456-458

  Stansbury, Kathy ^a   Haley, David ^a   Koeneker, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033929440     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06744.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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