Go no-go performance under psychosocial stress

Autor(en)

Urte Scholz, Roberto La Marca, Urs Markus Nater, Ingo Aberle, Ulrike Ehlert, Rainer Hornung, Mike Martin, Matthias Kliegel

Abstrakt

Acute stress has been found to have negative and implementation intentions (IIs) to have positive effects on cognitive performance. This study was the first to examine the effects of IIs on executive action control under acute psychosocial stress. Forty-two male subjects aged 21-39 years were randomly assigned to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) versus a rest condition. In addition, the instruction to the executive task (a go no-go task) was manipulated (IIs versus standard instruction). After the stress test, a dual-task procedure including a go no-go task was conducted. The TSST resulted in increases in cortisol response, heart rate and state anxiety compared to the rest condition. Acute stress significantly impaired go no-go performance, but only in the group without IIs. We conclude that under acute stress conditions executive functioning is reduced, but the use of IIs can be an effective strategy to overcome this negative effect.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Zürich (UZH)

Journal

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Band

91

Seiten

89-92

Anzahl der Seiten

4

ISSN

1074-7427

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2008.09.002

Publikationsdatum

01-2009

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/15cb0fa9-ae62-479d-ac36-9ed22f4b3e73