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Acute pre-learning stress and declarative memory: impact of sex, cortisol response and menstrual cycle phase

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dc.contributor.authorEspín López, Laura
dc.contributor.authorAlmela, Mercedes
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Vanesa
dc.contributor.authorVillada, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorSalvador, Alicia
dc.contributor.authorGómez Amor, Jesús
dc.contributor.departmentAnatomía Humana y Psicobiología
dc.contributor.otherFacultades de la UMU::Facultad de Psicología y Logopedia
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-24T12:44:24Z
dc.date.available2026-02-24T12:44:24Z
dc.date.copyright© 2013 Elsevier Inc.
dc.date.issued2013-04-12
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the influence of pre-learning stress on performance on declarative memory tasks in healthy young adults in relation to sex and menstrual cycle phase. The sample was composed of 119 students (32 men and 87 women) from 18 to 25 years of age. The women were tested in different hormonal stages (30 in follicular phase, 34 in luteal phase, and 23 using oral contraceptives). The participants were exposed to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) or a control condition. Afterwards, their memory performance was measured using a standardized memory test (Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test). In the control condition, all groups of women recalled more words than men, but these differences disappeared in the group exposed to TSST because men's performance on the memory test improved, but only to the level of women. In addition, our data suggest that in women the relationship between cortisol and memory can be modulated by sex hormone levels, since in luteal women a negative relationship was found between memory performance and peak cortisol level. These results confirm that sex differences need to be considered in the relationship between pre-learning stress and memory performance.
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dc.identifier.citationHormones and Behavior, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2013, Pages 759-765
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/212241
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationThis research study was supported by the Spanish Education and Science Ministry with grants no (SEJ2004-07191/PSIC, SEJ2007- 62019/PSIC, PSI2010-21343) and the Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO 2011-048).
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X13000755
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
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dc.subjectPre learning stress
dc.subjectHPA axis
dc.subjectSalivary cortisol
dc.subjectTSST
dc.subjectSex differences
dc.subjectMenstrual cycle
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.titleAcute pre-learning stress and declarative memory: impact of sex, cortisol response and menstrual cycle phase
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