Acute stress did not significantly affect women's cognitive flexibility¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Women in the stress condition did not commit more perseverative errors than women in the control condition; no statistically significant difference was detected. → Shields Grant S. 2016

Evidence¶

Shields Grant S. 2016¶

Shields Grant S., Trainor Brian C., Lam Jovian C. W., Yonelinas Andrew P. (2016). Acute Stress Impairs Cognitive Flexibility in Men, Not Women. Stress. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2016.1192603

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Planned pairwise contrast within the same randomized TSST-G experiment. The article reports the female stress-versus-control contrast as non-significant with "d=−0.15"; equivalence was not tested.

"women in the stress condition (M=1.89, SE=0.11) did not commit more perseverative errors than women in the control condition (M=1.98, SE=0.11), t(51.9)=−0.61, p=.543, d=−0.15"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Executive Function — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Acute stress impaired cognitive flexibility in men (more perseverative errors than male controls) — related
• Acute psychosocial stress differentially affects cognitive flexibility by sex (significant Sex × Condition interaction on perseverative errors) — a broader claim this one bears on
• Changes in cortisol did not predict perseverative errors in any sex — related
• Menstrual cycle phase did not significantly moderate stress effects on cognitive flexibility — related
• The TSST-G stress induction increased negative affect and cortisol relative to control — related