Memories of a stressful episode: A special role for olfactory cues? (B04)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: from 2010 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 122679504

Stress influences cognitive processes, from the initial perception of a stimulus up to its storage and later retrieval from long-term memory. The investigation of memories for stressful episodes will be continued. In addition the interaction between stress and olfactory cues will be characterised. Moreover we will examine the impact of cortisol on the development and later application of categories. Lastly, we will test the modulation of sensory learning by stress. The project will lead to an enhanced mechanistic understanding of the effects of stress on the representation of sensory processes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 874: Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Oliver Tobias Wolf