Assessing the effects of caffeine and theanine on the maintenance of vigilance during a sustained attention task

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2320-2327

  Foxe, John J ^a,b,c   Morie, Kristen P ^a,b,c   Laud, Peter J ^d   Rowson, Matthew J ^e   De Bruin, Eveline A ^f   Kelly, Simon P ^c  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC)   (United States)

^c Program in Cognitive Neuroscience   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha band; Attention; Caffeine; EEG; Human; Oscillations; Tea; Theanine; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO; THEANINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84859104668     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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