Impact of Stress and Glucocorticoids on Schema-Based Learning.

ABSTRACT: Pre-existing knowledge, a 'schema', facilitates the encoding, consolidation, and retrieval of schema-relevant information. Such schema-based memory is key to every form of education and provides intriguing insights into the integration of new information and prior knowledge. Stress is known to have a critical impact on memory processes, mainly through the action of glucocorticoids and catecholamines. However, whether stress and these major stress mediators affect schema-based learning is completely unknown. To address this question, we performed two experiments, in which participants acquired a schema on day 1 and learned schema-related as well as schema-unrelated information on day 2. In the first experiment, participants underwent a stress or control manipulation either immediately or ab

SUBMITTER: Kluen LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5437883 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature