APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

High Perceived Stress Due to COVID-19 Is Associated with Reduced Cognitive Flexibility

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Cognitive

  • Gabbie Addae
    Miami University
  • Rylie Turner
    Miami University
  • Jasmine Craine
    Miami University
  • Emily Janssen
    Miami University
  • Katherine Knauft
    Miami University
  • Vrinda Kalia
    Miami University

Abstract

Perceptions of stress can impair cognitive flexibility, reducing the ability to flexibly adapt in the face of uncertainty. We examined how perceived stress due to COVID-19 may impact these skills. Results suggest that elevations in stress due to COVID-19 were related to impairments in two forms of cognitive flexibility.

Stress

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