Hormones

Question 1

Aim of Newcomer et al (1999) (2)

Answer 1

investigate whether high levels of cortisol interfere with verbal declarative memory

double blind laboratory experiment

Question 2

Participants of Newcomer et al (1999) (3)

Answer 2

employees or students at Washington University Medical Center

checked to have no health conditions

matched for age + gender into 3 conditions

Question 3

3 conditions of Newcomer et al (3)

Answer 3

1 : participants given 160mg cortisol tablet each day of 4 day experiment

2 : participants given 40mg cortisol tablet each day

3 : participants given placebo tablet

Question 4

How Newcomer et al experiment was investigated (2)

Answer 4

participants asked to listen + recall parts of prose paragraph over 4 days

tested verbal declarative memory