Effects of Diurnal Variation and Caffeine Consumption on Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) Performance in Healthy Young Adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Hunt, Melissa G ^a   Momjian, Ani J ^a   Wong, Keri K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Caffeine; Continuous performance test; Diurnal variation; Test of Variables of Attention

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF VARIABLES OF ATTENTION; VALIDITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEST TAKING SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952577661     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021401     Document Type: Article

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