The effects of stress on decision making and the prefrontal cortex among older adults
It is a well-known phenomenon that stress can lead to hippocampal damage and a subsequent decline in anterograde memory. We are now learning that stress may also damage the prefrontal cortex, a brain region involved in important cognitive abilities such as judgment and decision making. Notably, seve...
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University of Iowa
2015
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1703 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5755&context=etd |