Learning under stress impairs memory formation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Schwabe, Lars ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Encoding; Learning; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949093192     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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