Effects and after-effects of chewing gum on vigilance, heart rate, EEG and mood

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-251

  Allen, Andrew P ^a   Jacob, Tim J C ^a   Smith, Andrew P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; EEG; Heart rate; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CHEWING GUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTICATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HABIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHEWING GUM;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN WAVES; CHEWING GUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902521032     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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