Introduction to the special section on "Hormones and cognition: perspectives, controversies, and challenges for future research". Behav Neurosci 2012 Feb;126(1):1-3
Date
02/01/2012Pubmed ID
22289041DOI
10.1037/a0026741Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84861724468 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
The research of the past two decades has firmly established that hormones modulate numerous aspects of cognitive function, including memory, attention, decision-making, and sensory processing. That such a wide variety of hormones influence cognition mediated by multiple nonhypothalamic brain regions illustrates the critical importance of hormones to neural and cognitive function. The diversity of hormonal effects on cognition is evident in the collection of reviews and original research articles assembled for this special section. Together, these articles provide an overview of recent research on varied topics in hormones and cognition, address controversial issues in the field, and discuss challenges that must be overcome in future research to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms through which hormones modulate cognitive function.
Author List
Frick KMAuthor
Karyn Frick BA,MA,PhD Professor in the Psychology department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsAttention
Brain
Cognition
Decision Making
Hormones
Humans
Memory
