The impact of acute psychosocial stress on magnetoencephalographic correlates of emotional attention and exogenous visual attention.

Stress-induced acute activation of the cerebral catecholaminergic systems has often been found in rodents. However, little is known regarding the consequences of this activation on higher cognitive functions in humans. Theoretical inferences would suggest increased distractibility in the sense of in...

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Main Authors: Ludger Elling, Harald Schupp, Janine Bayer, Ann-Kathrin Bröckelmann, Christian Steinberg, Christian Dobel, Markus Junghofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3372507?pdf=render