No effects of ingesting or rinsing sucrose on depleted self-control performance

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-160

  Boyle, N B ^a   Lawton, C L ^a   Allen, R ^a   Croden, F ^a   Smith, K ^b   Dye, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary blood glucose; Ego depletion; Glucose; Oral rinsing; Self control

Indexed keywords

SUCRALOSE; SUCROSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; CONTROL; EATING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF-CONTROL; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84949255125     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.11.019     Document Type: Article

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