Effects of caffeine on prospective duration judgements of various intervals depend on task difficulty

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-285

  Gruber, Ronald P ^a,c   Block, Richard A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Caffeine; Duration judgement; Prospective timing

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 21044433013     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.687     Document Type: Article

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