High-intensity stress elicits robust cortisol increases, and impairs working memory and visuo-spatial declarative memory in Special forces candidates: A field experiment

Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-334

  Taverniers, John ^a,b   Van Ruysseveldt, Joris ^a   Smeets, Tom ^c   Von Grumbkow, Jasper ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digit span test; Glucocorticoids; High intensity stress; NASA TLX; ReyOsterrieth complex figure

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXERCISE; FINGER SPAN TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NASA TASK LOAD INDEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77953420151     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253891003642394     Document Type: Article

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