Choke or Thrive? The Relation Between Salivary Cortisol and Math Performance Depends on Individual Differences in Working Memory and Math-Anxiety

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1000-1005

  Mattarella Micke, Andrew ^a   Mateo, Jill ^b   Kozak, Megan N ^c   Foster, Katherine ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Individual differences; Math anxiety; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL TASK; SALIVA LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052282049     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023224     Document Type: Article

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