Stress and emotional memory retrieval: Effects of sex and cortisol response

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-141

  Buchanan, Tony W ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion; Memory retrieval; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; READING; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36849062096     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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