Acute stress impairs recall after interference in older people, but not in young people

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 264-272

  Hidalgo, Vanesa ^a   Almela, Mercedes ^a   Villada, Carolina ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Alpha amylase; Cortisol; Memory; Sex; TSST

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ATTENTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896841660     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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