Elevated cortisol at retrieval suppresses false memories in parallel with correct memories

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-781

  Diekelmann, Susanne ^a   Wilhelm, Ines ^a   Wagner, Ullrich ^a,b   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; FALSE MEMORY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650780135     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21493     Document Type: Article

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