Recent life stress exposure is associated with poorer long-term memory, working memory, and self-reported memory

Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 598-607

  Shields, Grant S ^a   Doty, Dominique ^b   Shields, Rebecca H ^a   Gower, Garrett ^c   Slavich, George M ^d   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health; long term memory; Recent life stress; self reported memory; Stress and Adversity Inventory (STRAIN); working memory

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVERYDAY MEMORY QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIFE STRESS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MEMORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORTED MEMORY; SEX; STRESS AND ADVERSITY INVENTORY FOR DAILY STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031424137     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2017.1380620     Document Type: Article

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