Cortisol administration acutely reduces threat-selective spatial attention in healthy young men

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-300

  Putman, Peter ^a   Hermans, Erno J ^b   van Honk, Jack ^c,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Cortisol; Fear; Gaze cueing; HPA

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEAR; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEAR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449093996     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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