The effect of acute stress on memory depends on word valence

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Smeets, Tom ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cortisol; Stimulus valence; TSST; Verbal memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33748110964     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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