Fig. 1
From: Mind body medicine: a modern bio-psycho-social model forty-five years after Engel
A version of the Yerkes Dodson Curve is depicted graphing performance on the y-axis and arousal or stress on the x-axis. The biphasic nature of the relationship is enhanced in the setting of task difficulty. From: Diamond et al, 2007, p. 3 (open access) [34]. "Reprinted from Neural Plasticity 2007:60803. Diamond DM, Campbell AM, Park CR, Halonen J, Zoladz PR. The temporal dynamics model of emotional memory processing: a synthesis on the neurobiological basis of stress-induced amnesia, flashbulb and traumatic memories, and the Yerkes-Dodson law, with permission from Hindawi via STM guidelines"