Hormonal contraception usage is associated with altered memory for an emotional story

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-384

  Nielsen, Shawn E ^a   Ertman, Nicole ^a   Lakhani, Yasmeen S ^a   Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detail; Emotional memory; Eye tracking; Gist; Hormonal contraception

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYDRIASIS; RECALL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES;

EID: 79960842780     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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