Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 153-159

  Johnson, Andrew J ^a   Muneem, Mohammed ^b   Miles, Christopher ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention; Chewing gum; Mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALMNESS; CHEWING GUM; COGNITION; CONTENTEDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOGUE MOOD SCALE;

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

EID: 84876070757     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000041     Document Type: Article

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