What we remember from a stressful episode

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2268-2277

  Wiemers, Uta S ^a   Sauvage, Magdalena M ^a   Schoofs, Daniela ^a   Hamacher Dang, Tanja C ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central; Cortisol; Memory; Peripheral; ROC; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CENTRAL; CORTISOL; MEMORY; PERIPHERAL; ROC; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883865536     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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