Postlearning stress differentially affects memory for emotional gist and detail in naturally cycling women and women on hormonal contraceptives

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 482-493

  Nielsen, Shawn E ^a   Ahmed, Imran ^b   Cahill, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotional memory; Hormonal contraception; Pupil dilation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTLEARNING STRESS; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL RECALL; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904722372     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036687     Document Type: Article

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