The effects of the cold pressor task on memory recall

Author

Hayden Lemer, Wilkes University

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

18

Number

2

Page Numbers

pages 137-144

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2013

Abstract

Neurotransmitters that are released in response to stress can disrupt the prefrontal cortex creating an impairing effect on attentional processes leading to a hindering of memory recall (Arnsten, 2009). Participants were taken from an Intro to Psychology course from a small liberal arts college in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Participants immersed their hand in either ice-cold or warm water while listening to 20 nouns. In this present study, participants showed memory recall impairment after they received stress induced from the cold pressor task only during learning, and after a short delay consisting of a short distracter math test.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

7 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 18 no. 2 2013

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Lemer, Hayden (2013) "The effects of the cold pressor task on memory recall," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 18: No. 2, Article 14.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol18/iss2/14