The effects of acute stress and perceptual load on distractor interference

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 617-623

  Sato, Hirotsune ^a   Takenaka, Ippei ^b   Kawahara, Jun I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Okayama College   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Perceptual load; Selective attention; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859563368     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.648944     Document Type: Article

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