Title | The cortisol awakening response predicts a same-day index of executive function in healthy young adults |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Law, R., Evans, P., Thorn, L., Hucklebridge, F., Loveday, C. and Clow, A. |
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Abstract | The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is associated with various aspects of cognition, including executive function, in older adult and clinical samples. However, the association between these variables in the healthy functioning population is not well understood due to the limited number of appropriately controlled studies. This study explored the association between the CAR and a set shifting index of executive function in 55 (44 females) healthy participants aged 20.2 ± 3.0 years. Notoriously, assessment of the CAR from self-collected saliva samples within the domestic setting is subject to sample timing error, so electronic monitoring of both awakening and sampling times were employed. Participants attended the laboratory in the afternoon of CAR assessment for testing on the Attention Switching Task of the CANTAB neuropsychological testing battery. A positive association was found between CAR magnitude and attention-switching performance in the afternoon of the same day. This was independent of known relevant CAR covariates, but only evident in CAR data collected without delay exceeding 8 min post-awakening. These findings offer insight into a potential role for the CAR in modulating cognitive functions associated with the pre-frontal cortex. |
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Keywords | CAR |
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| Saliva |
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| Pre-frontal cortex |
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| Attention-switching task |
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| Executive function |
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| Cognition |
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Journal | International Journal of Psychophysiology |
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Journal citation | 158, pp. 27-33 |
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ISSN | 0167-8760 |
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Year | 2020 |
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Publisher | Elsevier |
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Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.08.004 |
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PubMed ID | 32979414 |
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Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167876020302014 |
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Publication dates |
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Published online | 16 Oct 2020 |
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Published | Dec 2020 |
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