Stress-induced cortisol facilitates threat-related decision making among police officers

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Akinola, Modupe ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Decision making; Police; Stress; Threat

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; POLICE; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; THREAT RELATED DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLICE; SALIVA; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861745894     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026657     Document Type: Article

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