Effects of chewing gum and time-on-task on alertness and attention

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Allen, A P ^a   Smith, A P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention; Chewing gum; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864326725     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000009     Document Type: Article

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