The effects of an acute psychosocial stressor on episodic memory

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-918

  Stawski, Robert S ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^b   Smyth, Joshua M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Stress; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 70449633021     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440802333042     Document Type: Article

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