Does stress enhance or impair memory consolidation?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 361-374

  Trammell, Janet P ^a   Clore, Gerald L ^b  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cold pressor stimulation; Cortisol; Long term memory consolidation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; HYDROCORTISONE; ICE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891011778     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.822346     Document Type: Article

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