Please find attached csv files with raw data related to the study "Acute stress throughout the memory cycle: Diverging effects on associative and item memory", in press at Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. The "cortisol" file includes raw cortisol values per time-point for each participant (time-points described in Figure 1). The "mem" file includes subjective ratings (valence and arousal) and memory performance (item and associative recognition) per stimulus, stress condition, and subject.