Subjective stress and proactive and reactive cognitive control strategies

Acute stress likely impacts cognitive control. Little is known, however, about the effects that acute stress may have on specific cognitive control strategies. The goal of this research was to investigate the effects of acute stress on proactive and reactive control strategies. Participants complete...

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Published in:The European journal of neuroscience 2022-05, Vol.55 (9-10), p.2558-2570
Main Authors: Husa, Robyn A., Buchanan, Tony W., Kirchhoff, Brenda A., Schmidt, Mathias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute stress
AX‐CPT
Cognitive ability
cognitive control
Cortisol
Heart rate
Social interactions
strategy use
Stress response
subjective stress
Trier Social Stress Test
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Summary:Acute stress likely impacts cognitive control. Little is known, however, about the effects that acute stress may have on specific cognitive control strategies. The goal of this research was to investigate the effects of acute stress on proactive and reactive control strategies. Participants completed the Trier Social Stress Test or control tasks. Use of proactive and reactive control strategies was measured with the AX‐Continuous Performance Test. The Trier Social Stress Test was effective at producing subjective, cortisol, and heart rate stress responses, but there was no significant effect of stress on use of proactive or reactive control strategies in between‐group analyses. However, higher subjective stress responses during performance of the AX‐Continuous Performance Test were associated with less frequent use of a proactive control strategy and more frequent use of a reactive control strategy within the stress group. The goal of this research was to investigate the effects of acute stress on proactive and reactive cognitive control strategies. Participants completed the Trier Social Stress Test or control tasks. Use of proactive and reactive cognitive control strategies was measured with the AX‐Continuous Performance Test. Results suggest that higher subjective stress responses are associated with less frequent proactive and more frequent reactive cognitive control strategies.
ISSN:0953-816X
1460-9568
DOI:10.1111/ejn.15214