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Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis reactivity to psychological stress and memory in middle-aged women: high responders exhibit enhanced declarative memory performance
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According to recent studies, elevated cortisol levels are associated with impaired declarative memory performance. This specific effect of cortisol has been shown in several studies using pharmacological doses of cortisol. The present study was designed to determine the effects of endogenously stimulated cortisol secretion on memory performance in healthy middle-aged women. For psychological stress challenging, we employed the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). Subjects were assigned to either the TSST or a non-stressful control condition. Declarative and non-declarative memory performance was measured by a combined priming-free-recall-task. No significant group differences were found for memory performance. Post hoc analyses of variance indicated that regardless of experimental condition the subjects with remarkably high cortisol increase in response to the experimental procedure (high responders) showed increased memory performance in the declarative task compared to subjects with low cortisol response (low responders). The results suggest that stress-induced cortisol failed to impair memory performance. The results are discussed with respect to gender-specific effects and modulatory effects of the sympathetic nervous system and psychological variables.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Domes, G., Heinrichs, M., Reichwald, U., & Hautzinger, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Domes, G.
- Venue
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 843-853
- ISSN
- 0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2073788943
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 3.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, psychological stress, cortisol, declarative memory, implicit memory, high responders, middle-aged women, Trier Social Stress Test, gender differences, sympathetic nervous system
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Cognition, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Memory, Middle Aged, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Psychomotor Performance, Regression Analysis, Social Environment, Stress, Psychological
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