Cognitive emotion regulation fails the stress test

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 15139-15144

  Raio, Candace M ^a   Orederu, Temidayo A ^b   Palazzolo, Laura ^c   Shurick, Ashley A ^d   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883752372     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305706110     Document Type: Article

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