FIGURE 1.

(A) Schematic representation of the procedure and memory task. Words and picture pairs were presented within each list and were counterbalance between subjects (study list was presented to half of the subjects and its mirror lists [pictorial stimuli were replaced by their words representation and vise versa] for the other). All stimuli were presented in white against a black background. (B) Schematic time line of the study procedure. Stress manipulation was checked using STAI and GSR measurements before and after the TSST. Before the TSST a memory task was employed. In this task, subjects were asked to complete two blocks. A different list was presented in each block followed by item and association tests. Two additional blocks were employed after the TSST.