Caffeine and placebo expectation: Effects on vigilance, cognitive performance, heart rate, and blood pressure during 28 hours of sleep deprivation

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Sun, Yunfeng ^a   Zhang, Yinling ^a   He, Ning ^a   Liu, Xufeng ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caffeine placebo expectation; Cognitive performance; Sleep deprivation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFORMATION; EXPECTATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34547790805     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.21.2.91     Document Type: Article

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