Acute stress differentially affects spatial configuration learning in high and low cortisol-responding healthy adults

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Meyer, Thomas ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Giesbrecht, Timo ^a   Quaedflieg, Conny W E M ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contextual cueing paradigm; Hippocampal area; Maastricht acute stress test; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893447854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19854     Document Type: Article

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