Acute stress impairs memory retrieval independent of time of day

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-501

  Smeets, Tom ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cortisol (CORT); Emotional declarative memory; Time of day

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMERSION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952037571     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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