Stress disrupts context-dependent memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-113

  Schwabe, Lars ^a   Böhringer, Andreas ^b   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PAIN; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649111921     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1257509     Document Type: Article

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