Effects of expectation and caffeine on arousal, well-being, and reaction time

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-339

  Schneider, Rainer ^a   Grüner, Mauritz ^b   Heiland, Alexandra ^b   Keller, Martina ^b   Kujanová, Zuzana ^c   Peper, Martin ^b   Riegl, Maximilian ^b   Schmidt, Stefan ^a   Volz, Petra ^b   Walach, Harald ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Blood pressure; Expectation; Placebo effects; Reaction time; Well being

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; COFFEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846907101     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1304_8     Document Type: Article

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