APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
The Effects of Psychosocial Stress In the Intrinsic Reward Elicited By Word Learning and Its Impact on Memory Formation
- Claudia Alvarez-Martin
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) - Claudia Alvarez-Martin
Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona - Xim Cerda-Company
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) - Xim Cerda-Company
Computer Science Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Xim Cerda-Company
Bridging Research in AI and Neuroscience, Computer Vision Center - Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells
Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona - Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells
Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA) - Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Abstract
This study evaluates how acute psychosocial stress influences the intrinsic reward of inferring word meanings from their context, and how it affects memory formation. We propose two complementary between-subjects experiments, one behavioural and one using fMRI, to test stress effects on subjective, physiological, and neural markers of reward and memory.
