2018
Enhancing memory with stress: Progress, challenges, and opportunities
Goldfarb EV. Enhancing memory with stress: Progress, challenges, and opportunities. Brain And Cognition 2018, 133: 94-105. PMID: 30553573, PMCID: PMC9972486, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2018.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryDeclarative memoryHippocampal-dependent memory processesMemory-related brain regionsHippocampus-dependent memoryMemory processesMemory functionRodent researchMemoryBrain regionsCentral stress responseFuture researchAcute stressPeripheral stress responsesStress effectsModulatory factorsRodent studiesPositive effectStress responseHuman studiesTranslational gapHumansResearchPhysiological mechanismsRodents
2017
Low lifetime stress exposure is associated with reduced stimulus–response memory
Goldfarb EV, Shields GS, Daw ND, Slavich GM, Phelps EA. Low lifetime stress exposure is associated with reduced stimulus–response memory. Learning & Memory 2017, 24: 162-168. PMID: 28298555, PMCID: PMC5362698, DOI: 10.1101/lm.045179.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLifetime stress exposureStimulus-response memoryStress exposureLifetime stressCumulative lifetime stress exposureStimulus-response associationsForms of psychopathologyYoung adultsHigh lifetime stressLow stress exposureCumulative stress exposureContext memoryMemory performanceDiminished resilienceSR associationsNegative outcomesMemoryModerate levelsNegative effectsLow levelsComputational modelingLow stressAdultsAssessment systemCognitionStress and Cognitive Flexibility: Cortisol Increases Are Associated with Enhanced Updating but Impaired Switching
Goldfarb EV, Froböse MI, Cools R, Phelps EA. Stress and Cognitive Flexibility: Cortisol Increases Are Associated with Enhanced Updating but Impaired Switching. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2017, 29: 14-24. PMID: 27576026, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive flexibilityDifferent task demandsTask demandsParticipants' cortisol responsesAcute stress manipulationCortisol responseDMS taskStress-related increasesStress manipulationMultifaceted constructImpaired switchingEffects of stressPFC functionSubjects designDimensions of flexibilityWorse performanceDorsal striatumAcute stressCortisol increaseRelevant informationTaskMost studiesParticipantsConstructsParadigm