Psychosocial stress exposure impairs memory retrieval in children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-136

  Quesada, A A ^a,b   Wiemers, U S ^a   Schoofs, D ^a   Wolf, O T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Alpha amylase; Children; Cortisol; Development; Memory; Valence

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED MEMORY RETRIEVAL TEST; ERROR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83055188352     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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