The cortisol awakening response is related to executive function in older age

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Evans, Phil ^a   Hucklebridge, Frank ^a   Loveday, Catherine ^a   Clow, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cortisol awakening response; Declarative memory; Executive function

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84860269765     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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