Encoding negative events under stress: High subjective arousal is related to accurate emotional memory despite misinformation exposure

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-247

  Hoscheidt, Siobhan M ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a   Ryan, Lee ^b   Jacobs, W Jake ^b   Nadel, Lynn ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotional memory; Eyewitness testimony; Misinformation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL MEMORY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MISINFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RECOGNITION; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DECEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901947840     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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