Effects of basal and acute cortisol on cognitive flexibility in an emotional task switching paradigm in men
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- Autoren
- Angelika Margarete Dierolf
- Lea Esther Arlt
- Karin Roelofs
- Monika Koelsch
- Mareike Johanna Huelsemann
- Hartmut Schaechinger
- Ewald Naumann
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000377846900002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.002
- eISSN
- 1095-6867
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: DO5TY
- PubMed Identifier: 26944609
- ISSN
- 0018-506X
- Zeitschrift
- HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
- Schlüsselwörter
- Executive functions
- Cognitive control
- Cognitive flexibility
- Emotional task switch
- Cortisol
- Non-genomic
- Exogenous cortisol
- Cortisol-awakening response
- Basal cortisol
- Paginierung
- 12 - 19
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2016
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Effects of basal and acute cortisol on cognitive flexibility in an emotional task switching paradigm in men
- Sub types
- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 81
Datenquelle: Web of Science (Lite)
- Andere Metadatenquellen:
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- Autoren
- Angelika Margarete Dierolf
- Lea Esther Arlt
- Karin Roelofs
- Monika Kölsch
- Mareike Johanna Hülsemann
- Hartmut Schächinger
- Ewald Naumann
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.002
- ISSN
- 0018-506X
- Zeitschrift
- Hormones and Behavior
- Sprache
- en
- Paginierung
- 12 - 19
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2016
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- Elsevier BV
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.002
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2019
- Titel
- Effects of basal and acute cortisol on cognitive flexibility in an emotional task switching paradigm in men
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 81
Datenquelle: Crossref
- Abstract
- The stress hormone cortisol is assumed to influence cognitive functions. While cortisol-induced alterations of declarative memory in particular are well-investigated, considerably less is known about its influence on executive functions. Moreover, most research has been focused on slow effects, and rapid non-genomic effects have not been studied. The present study sought to investigate the impact of acute cortisol administration as well as basal cortisol levels on cognitive flexibility, a core executive function, within the non-genomic time frame. Thirty-eight healthy male participants were randomly assigned to intravenously receive either cortisol or a placebo before performing a task switching paradigm with happy and angry faces as stimuli. Cortisol levels were measured at six points during the experiment. Additionally, before the experiment, basal cortisol measures for the cortisol awakening response were collected on three consecutive weekdays immediately following awakening and 30, 45, and 60min after. First and foremost, results showed a pronounced impact of acute and basal cortisol on reaction time switch costs, particularly for angry faces. In the placebo group, low basal cortisol was associated with minimal switch costs, whereas high basal cortisol was related to maximal switch costs. In contrast, after cortisol injection, basal cortisol levels showed no impact. These results show that cognitive flexibility-enhancing effects of acute cortisol administration are only seen in men with high basal cortisol levels. This result supports the context dependency of cortisol administration and shows the relevance of taking basal cortisol levels into account.
- Addresses
- Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, 54286 Trier, Germany. Electronic address: Angelika.Dierolf@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
- Autoren
- Angelika Margarete Dierolf
- Lea Esther Arlt
- Karin Roelofs
- Monika Kölsch
- Mareike Johanna Hülsemann
- Hartmut Schächinger
- Ewald Naumann
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.002
- eISSN
- 1095-6867
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 26944609
- Funding acknowledgements
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: GRK1389/1
- Ministry of Science:
- Open access
- false
- ISSN
- 0018-506X
- Zeitschrift
- Hormones and behavior
- Schlüsselwörter
- Face
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Emotions
- Anger
- Happiness
- Cognition
- Memory
- Reaction Time
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Time Factors
- Adult
- Female
- Male
- Young Adult
- Executive Function
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Print-Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2016
- Paginierung
- 12 - 19
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2016
- Status
- Published
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2016
- Titel
- Effects of basal and acute cortisol on cognitive flexibility in an emotional task switching paradigm in men.
- Sub types
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 81
Datenquelle: Europe PubMed Central
- Abstract
- The stress hormone cortisol is assumed to influence cognitive functions. While cortisol-induced alterations of declarative memory in particular are well-investigated, considerably less is known about its influence on executive functions. Moreover, most research has been focused on slow effects, and rapid non-genomic effects have not been studied. The present study sought to investigate the impact of acute cortisol administration as well as basal cortisol levels on cognitive flexibility, a core executive function, within the non-genomic time frame. Thirty-eight healthy male participants were randomly assigned to intravenously receive either cortisol or a placebo before performing a task switching paradigm with happy and angry faces as stimuli. Cortisol levels were measured at six points during the experiment. Additionally, before the experiment, basal cortisol measures for the cortisol awakening response were collected on three consecutive weekdays immediately following awakening and 30, 45, and 60min after. First and foremost, results showed a pronounced impact of acute and basal cortisol on reaction time switch costs, particularly for angry faces. In the placebo group, low basal cortisol was associated with minimal switch costs, whereas high basal cortisol was related to maximal switch costs. In contrast, after cortisol injection, basal cortisol levels showed no impact. These results show that cognitive flexibility-enhancing effects of acute cortisol administration are only seen in men with high basal cortisol levels. This result supports the context dependency of cortisol administration and shows the relevance of taking basal cortisol levels into account.
- Date of acceptance
- 2016
- Autoren
- Angelika Margarete Dierolf
- Lea Esther Arlt
- Karin Roelofs
- Monika Kölsch
- Mareike Johanna Hülsemann
- Hartmut Schächinger
- Ewald Naumann
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26944609
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.002
- eISSN
- 1095-6867
- Zeitschrift
- Horm Behav
- Schlüsselwörter
- Basal cortisol
- Cognitive control
- Cognitive flexibility
- Cortisol
- Cortisol-awakening response
- Emotional task switch
- Executive functions
- Exogenous cortisol
- Non-genomic
- Adult
- Anger
- Cognition
- Emotions
- Executive Function
- Face
- Female
- Happiness
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Male
- Memory
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Reaction Time
- Time Factors
- Young Adult
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- United States
- Paginierung
- 12 - 19
- PII
- S0018-506X(16)30096-4
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2016
- Status
- Published
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2017
- Titel
- Effects of basal and acute cortisol on cognitive flexibility in an emotional task switching paradigm in men.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 81
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