Vitamins and psychological functioning: A mobile phone assessment of the effects of a B vitamin complex, vitamin C and minerals on cognitive performance and subjective mood and energy

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 338-347

  Kennedy, David O ^a   Veasey, Rachel C ^a   Watson, Anthony W ^a   Dodd, Fiona L ^a   Jones, Emma K ^a   Tiplady, Brian ^a   Haskell, Crystal F ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B complex; cognitive; healthy; minerals; mood; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID PLUS VITAMIN B COMPLEX; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATTENTION; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENGLAND; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINERALS; MOOD DISORDERS; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; ZINC;

EID: 79960842377     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1216     Document Type: Article

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