Effects of naturalistic stressors on cognitive flexibility and working memory task performance

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Renner, Katherine H ^a,b   Beversdorf, David Q ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Creativity; Locus coeruleus; Memory; Norepinephrine; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954583039     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903463601     Document Type: Article

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