Acute psychosocial stress enhances visuospatial memory in healthy males

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-313

  Human, Robyn ^a,b   Thomas, Kevin G F ^a,b   Dreyer, Anna ^a,b   Amod, Alyssa R ^a,b   Wolf, Pedro S A ^a,b   Jake Jacobs, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hippocampus; Memory; Planning; Prefrontal cortex; Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test; Stress; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884663860     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0081246313496913     Document Type: Article

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