Caffeine modulates attention network function

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Brunyé, Tad T ^a,b   Mahoney, Caroline R ^a,b   Lieberman, Harris R ^c   Taylor, Holly A ^b  

^a Research Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention networks; Caffeine; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CAFFEINE; DOPAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149120107     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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