Children's memory for a mild stressor: The role of sympathetic activation and parasympathetic withdrawal

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 686-702

  Quas, Jodi A ^a   Carrick, Nathalie ^a   Alkon, Abbey ^b   Goldstein, Lauren ^c   Boyce, W Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Children; Memory; Psysiological reactivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEMORY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33845587173     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20184     Document Type: Article

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