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Physiological reactivity to cognitive stressors — variations by age and socioeconomic status
Author(s)	Shevaun D Neupert, Lisa M Soederberg Miller, Margie E Lachman
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 3, 2006
Pages	pp 221-236
Source	http://baywood.com
Keywords	Socio-economic groups ; Stress ; Cognitive processes ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Age and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in stress reactivity in response to cognitively challenging tasks were examined. Specifically, the authors assessed within-person trajectories of cortisol, a steroid hormone released by the adrenal gland in response to stressors, before, during, and after exposure to cognitively challenging tasks. They extend the current literature by simultaneously examining age and SES differences in physiological reactivity. Participants were 302 adults aged 25-74 from the Boston In-Depth Study of Management Processes in Midlife, part of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) survey. Findings suggest that age and SES both play an important role in reactivity, such that it was older adults with higher SES who were the more physiologically reactive to cognitive stressors. Implications of these findings for cognitive ageing are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060608203 A
Classmark	T4: QNH: DA: 3KB: 7T
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