Fading memories : the impact of stress hormones on the retrieval of emotional memories
Tollenaar, M.S.
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Tollenaar, M. S. (2009, May 13). Fading memories : the impact of stress hormones on the retrieval of emotional memories. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13789
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Fading Memories
The impact of stress hormones on the
retrieval of emotional memories
Cover image by: Petra Tollenaar (after Kandinsky) Printed by: CPI Wöhrmann Print Service
ISBN: 978-90-8570-282-5
© M.S. Tollenaar, Utrecht, 2009
Fading Memories
The impact of stress hormones on the retrieval of emotional memories
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties,
te verdedigen op woensdag 13 mei 2009 klokke 13.45 uur
door
Marieke Suzanne Tollenaar
geboren te Huizen in 1979
Promotores:
Prof. dr. Ph. Spinhoven Universiteit Leiden
Prof. dr. W.T.A.M. Everaerd Universiteit van Amsterdam Copromotor:
Dr. B.M. Elzinga Universiteit Leiden
Overige leden van de promotiecommissie:
Prof. dr. H.L.G.J. Merckelbach Universiteit Maastricht
Prof. dr. M.S. Oitzl Universiteit Leiden /
Universiteit van Amsterdam
The research in this dissertation was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, Den Haag) grant number 400-03-210.
Contents Page
Chapter 1: General Introduction 7
Chapter 2: The effects of cortisol increase on long-term 21 memory retrieval during and after psychosocial stress Chapter 3: Long-term outcomes of memory retrieval under stress 37 Chapter 4: Immediate and prolonged effects of cortisol, but not 49 propranolol, on memory retrieval in healthy young men Chapter 5: Autobiographical memory after acute stress 65
in healthy young men Chapter 6: Psychophysiological responding to emotional memories 79 in healthy young men after cortisol and propranolol administration Chapter 7: General Discussion 95 References 111
Samenvatting (Dutch summary) 127
Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) 131
Curriculum Vitae 132
