Acute stress selectively reduces reward sensitivity

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Berghorst, Lisa H ^a,b   Bogdan, Ryan ^c   Frank, Michael J ^d   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect cognition interactions; Anhedonia; Cortisol; Depression; Emotion; Punishment; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFFECT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC STIMULIS SELECTION TASK; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REWARD; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84933671712     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00133     Document Type: Article

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