Stress and selective attention: The interplay of mood, cortisol levels, and emotional information processing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 723-732

  Ellenbogen, Mark A ^a,c   Schwartzman, Alex E ^a   Stewart, Jane ^a   Walker, Claire Dominique ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion regulation; Emotional stimuli; Selective attention; Stress response

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036869003     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.3960723     Document Type: Article

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