{"product_id":"effects-of-stress-on-task-performance-memory-capacity-weakens-9798330459070","title":"Effects of Stress on Task Performance, Memory Capacity Weakens","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ron Paulie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ronnies Pubs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ronnies Pubs\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor formulations of stress are presented (Cannon, 1932; Selye, 1951-1956) both to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclarify the nature of what has proved to be a familiar but vague construct, and also to provide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebackground to the theoretical context (see Koolhaas et al., 2013, for a review). In Chapter 1, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe interplay between stress and Working Memory (WM) is introduced where WM: (a)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erepresents a 'domain-free' or 'domain-general' ability to control attention, (b) is separable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom short-term memory (STM), and (c) is an important component of the cognitive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earchitecture most affected by stress (Schoofs, Preuss, \u0026amp; Wolf, 2008; and Wolf \u0026amp; Smeets, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrent immediate-memory theories (e.g., cognitive interference theories; see Eysenck, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerakshan, Santos, \u0026amp; Calvo, 2007) are reviewed in the following chapters, chapters 2 and 3, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich represent a robust approach to stress and cognition. The main focus is on anxiety--a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eform of stress (Mauricio, 2009)--within general populations rather than within anxious ones, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand there is an emphasis on individual difference characteristics in anxiety as a disposition or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrait, typically assessed by self-report scales of anxiety such as Spielberger's State-Trait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnxiety Inventory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ronnies Pubs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45156330242199,"sku":"9798330459070","price":1983.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798330459070.webp?v=1767662873","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/effects-of-stress-on-task-performance-memory-capacity-weakens-9798330459070","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}