Caffeine expectancies but not caffeine reduce depletion-induced aggression

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Denson, Thomas F ^a   Jacobson, Mandi ^a   Von Hippel, William ^b   Kemp, Richard I ^a   Mak, Tinnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggression; caffeine; depletion; expectancies; placebo effect

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONTROL; WHITE NOISE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862186472     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024725     Document Type: Article

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