Title: Effects of stress on memory - Wikipedia
Headings: Effects of stress on memory
Effects of stress on memory
Contents
Physiology
Adrenocorticotropic hormone axis
Vasopressin axis
Thyroxine axis
Chronic stress
Acute stress
Short-term memory
Working memory
Long-term memory
Explicit memory
Implicit memory
Autobiographical memory
Attention
Learning
Fear response
Reversal learning
Stress, memory and animals
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Classical conditioning
Anxiety disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
References

Content: Acute stress
Acute stress is a stressor that is an immediate perceived threat. Unlike chronic stress, acute stress is not ongoing and the physiological arousal associated with acute stress is not nearly as demanding. There are mixed findings on the effects of acute stress on memory. One view is that acute stress can impair memory, while others believe that acute stress can actually enhance memory. Several studies have shown that stress and glucocorticoids enhance memory formation while they impair memory retrieval. For acute stress to enhance memory certain circumstances must be met. First, the context in which the stress is being perceived must match the context of the information or material being encoded. Second, the brain regions involved in th