Chewing gum alleviates negative mood and reduces cortisol during acute laboratory psychological stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Scholey, Andrew ^a   Haskell, Crystal ^b   Robertson, Bernadette ^b   Kennedy, David ^b   Milne, Anthea ^b   Wetherell, Mark ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chewing; Cortisol; Gum; Multi tasking; Stress; Stressor

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ATTENTION; CHEWING GUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349126910     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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