Understanding noise stress-induced cognitive impairment in healthy adults and its implications for schizophrenia

Noise and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 70, 2014, Pages 166-176

  Wright, Bernice ^a   Peters, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Ettinger, Ulrich ^c   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a,b   Kumari, Veena ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; literature review; noise stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84903449909     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.134917     Document Type: Article

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