Feeling smart: Effects of caffeine and glucose on cognition, mood and self-judgment

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 629-637

  Ullrich, Susann ^a   de Vries, Yfke C ^a   Kühn, Simone ^b,c   Repantis, Dimitris ^d   Dresler, Martin ^e,f   Ohla, Kathrin ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Cognition; Glucose; Mood; Performance

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; WATER; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COFFEE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; ENERGY DRINK; FALSE MEMORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF JUDGMENT; SUGAR INTAKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY TEST; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL FUNCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CAFFEINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRINKING WATER; FOOD HABITS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941655060     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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