Glucose effects on a continuous performance test of attention in adults

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Flint Jr , Robert W ^a   Turek, Crystal ^a  

^a The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Commission errors; Continuous performance test; Glucose; Humans

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; SACCHARIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE CALCULATION; ERROR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0037602041     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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