Acute cortisol elevations cause heightened arousal ratings of objectively nonarousing stimuli

Emotion

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-359

  Abercrombie, Heather C ^a,b   Kalin, Ned H ^a,b   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cortisol; Emotion; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EUPHORIA; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PLACEBOS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 26444568224     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.3.354     Document Type: Article

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