Stress-Induced Increase in Cortisol Negatively Affects the Consolidation of Contextual Elements of Episodic Memories

Stress can modulate episodic memory in various ways. The present study asks how post-encoding stress affects visual context memory. Participants encoded object images centrally positioned on background scenes. After encoding, they were either exposed to cold pressure stress (CPS) or a warm water con...

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Main Authors: Matthew Sabia, Almut Hupbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/358