Delayed memory effects after intense stress in Special Forces candidates: Exploring path processes between cortisol secretion and memory recall

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Taverniers, John ^a   Taylor, Marcus K ^b   Smeets, Tom ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed recall; Glucocorticoids; Immediate recall; Multiple mediation; Real life stress; Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELAYED MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RECALL; STRESS; WAR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRISONERS; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; ROLE PLAYING; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876112833     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.721824     Document Type: Article

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