“…A number of recent topical reviews (Hancock and Ganey, 2004;Hancock et al, 2001;Hancock, Szalma, & Weaver, 2002; as well as empirical studies (Szalma, 2002;Grier et al, 2003;Ross, Szalma, Thropp, & Hancock, 2003) have focused specifically upon the effects of stress on perceptual and cognitive processing, highlighting both the beneficial and detrimental influences stress may have upon performance across varied scenarios. Within their model for the relationship between stress and performance, Hancock and Warm (1989) also emphasize that describing the effects of external stressors upon cognitive function may be further complicated by the fact that many cognitive and perceptual performance tasks are inherent stressors themselves.…”