Social stress increases cortisol and hampers attention in adolescents with excess weight.

Social stress increases cortisol and hampers attention in adolescents with excess weight.

To experimentally examine if adolescents with excess weight are more sensitive to social stress and hence more sensitive to harmful effects of stress in cognition.We conducted an experimental study in 84 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years old classified in two groups based on age adjusted Body Mass Ind...

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Main Authors: Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Maria Moreno-Padilla, M Carmen Garcia-Rios, Francisca Lopez-Torrecillas, Elena Delgado-Rico, Jacqueline Schmidt-Rio-Valle, Maria J Fernandez-Serrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4405363?pdf=render

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