Acute stress improves analogical reasoning: examining the roles of stress hormones and long-term memory

IF 2.5 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Amy M. Smith, Grace Elliott, Gregory I. Hughes, R. Feinn, Tad T. Brunyé
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Abstract

Abstract Analogical reasoning relies on subprocesses of long-term memory and problem-solving. Stress, with its accompanying hormones dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and cortisol, has been shown to impair memory retrieval but potentially enhance problem solving. The present study combined Gick and Holyoak’s Duncker’s Radiation Problem with stress induction to determine the influence of stress on these two components of analogical reasoning. Participants (N = 131) learned an analog story and returned a day later for a stressful or non-stressful task. They then completed three consecutive tests: a spontaneous attempt at Duncker’s Problem, a recall test for the analog, and another attempt at Duncker’s Problem using analogical reasoning. Stress did not influence spontaneous problem-solving or story recall but did improve performance on the second attempt at Duncker’s Problem. Further, performance trended toward a positive association with DHEA. Thus, stress and increases in DHEA may enhance identification and use of an analog to solve a problem.
急性应激改善类比推理:检查应激激素和长期记忆的作用
类比推理依赖于长期记忆和解决问题的子过程。压力及其伴随的激素脱氢表雄酮(DHEA)和皮质醇已被证明会损害记忆恢复,但可能会增强解决问题的能力。本研究将Gick和Holyoak的Duncker辐射问题与应力诱导相结合,以确定应力对类比推理的这两个组成部分的影响。参与者(N = 131)学习了一个模拟故事,并在一天后返回进行有压力或无压力的任务。然后,他们完成了三个连续的测试:一个是自发的邓克尔问题,一个是模拟的回忆测试,另一个是用类比推理的邓克尔问题。压力不影响自发解决问题或回忆故事,但确实提高了第二次尝试邓克尔问题的表现。此外,表现倾向于与DHEA呈正相关。因此,应激和DHEA的增加可以增强识别和使用类似物来解决问题。
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Thinking & Reasoning
Thinking & Reasoning PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-
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