Hydrocortisone accelerates the decay of iconic memory traces: On the modulation of executive and stimulus-driven constituents of sensory information maintenance

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-158

  Miller, Robert ^a   Weckesser, Lisa J ^a   Smolka, Michael N ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Plessow, Franziska ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Cortisol; HPA axis; Hydrocortisone; Iconic memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY INFORMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922768619     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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