Stress and decision making: A few minutes make all the difference

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-45

  Pabst, Stephan ^a   Brand, Matthias ^b,c   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Alpha Amylase; Cortisol; Decision making under risk; Game of Dice Task; Temporal stress effect

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME DICE TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878481819     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.046     Document Type: Article

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