Stress and Cognition in Humans: Current Findings and Open Questions in Experimental Psychology

In this special issue, we have assembled studies from different cognitive domains that follow a common experimental approach to investigate the effects of acute stress on cognition either by inducing psychological stress with standardized protocols or by manipulating stress-associated physiological systems. While some studies focus on quite basal cognitive functions like motor responses or memory retrieval, others investigate more complex behavior like divergent thinking or prosocial behavior. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)