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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Bull. 2017 Apr 3;143(6):636–675. doi: 10.1037/bul0000100

Table 1.

List of Moderators Considered In Analyses

Moderator Variable Type Reference
Incidental or Intentional Encoding Categorical (dummy-coded) Incidental Encoding
Exclusion of Smokers Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Exclusion of Women During Menstrual Period Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Exclusion Hormonal Contraceptives Usage Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Exclusion of All Illnesses Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Exclusion of All Psychoactive Medication Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Exclusion of BMI Greater Than 30 Categorical (dummy-coded) Inclusion
Use of an Immediate Recall Task Post-Encoding Categorical (dummy-coded) No Immediate Recall
Stressor Relevance of Items (Integral/Nonintegral) Categorical (dummy-coded) Nonintegral
Context Change Between Learning and Stress Categorical (dummy-coded) No Change
Context Change Between Learning and Retrieval Categorical (dummy-coded) No Change
Stress Manipulated Between or Within Groups Categorical (dummy-coded) Between Groups
Item Valence Categorical (dummy-coded) Neutral Items
Study Material Type Categorical (contrast-coded)
Sensory Modality of Study Material Presentation Categorical (contrast-coded)
Memory Task Type Categorical (contrast-coded)
Stressor Type Categorical (contrast-coded)
Participant Age Continuous
Percent Male Participants Continuous
Time of Day Study Began Continuous
Study Item List Length Continuous
Number of Novel Items in a Recognition Task Continuous
Delay (hours) Between Item Encoding and Retrieval Continuous
Delay (min) Between Stress Onset and Encoding Continuous
Delay (min) Between Encoding and Stress Onset Continuous
Delay (min) Between Stress Onset and Retrieval Continuous
Delay (min) Between Reactivation and Stress Onset Continuous
Stressor Duration (min) Continuous
Stress-Induced Δ-Cortisol (nmol/L) Continuous
Length of Encoding Phase (min) Continuous
Participant Homogeneity Continuous