Validated biological and psychological markers of acute stress in humans are an important
tool in translational research. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), involving public interview …

Research showing that activation of negative stereotypes can impair the performance of
stigmatized individuals on a wide variety of tasks has proliferated. However, a complete …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

Stress is a biologically significant factor that, by altering brain cell properties, can disturb
cognitive processes such as learning and memory, and consequently limit the quality of …

Our everyday surroundings besiege us with information. The battle is for a share of our
limited attention and memory, with the brain selecting the winners and discarding the losers …

We have reviewed research on the effects of stress on LTP in the hippocampus, amygdala
and prefrontal cortex (PFC) and present new findings which provide insight into how the …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are known to modulate memory in animals and humans. One popular
model suggests that stress or GC treatment enhances memory consolidation while impairing …

The following literature review addresses the effects of various stressors on cognition. While
attempting to be as inclusive as possible, the review focuses its examination on the …

More than ten years ago, the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was introduced as a
standardized protocol for the induction of moderate psychosocial stress in laboratory …

Everyone experiences stress in life. Moderate stress can be beneficial to human, however,
excessive stress is harmful to the health. To monitor stress, different methods can be used. In …