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Caffeine and visuo-spatial attention

Caffeine and visuo-spatial attention The effects of two doses of caffeine (1.5 and 3 mg/kg) on various aspects of visual selective attention were investigated in 24 healthy human subjects. Specific task conditions were compared to provide measures of selectivity for a location in the visual field, of distractibility, of selectivity among response alternatives, and of strategic influences. In two out of three tasks, caffeine speeded responses significantly. However, these effects did not differ across conditions within-task, so there was no indication that they were to due to (a) specific effect(s) on one or more of the attentional sub-functions. The results suggest that the beneficial effects of caffeine in low-load conditions cannot be attributed to reduced distractibility or increased suppression of task-irrelevant response tendencies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychopharmacology Springer Journals

Caffeine and visuo-spatial attention

Psychopharmacology , Volume 135 (4) – Feb 1, 1998

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Legacy
ISSN
0033-3158
eISSN
1432-2072
DOI
10.1007/s002130050522
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Abstract

The effects of two doses of caffeine (1.5 and 3 mg/kg) on various aspects of visual selective attention were investigated in 24 healthy human subjects. Specific task conditions were compared to provide measures of selectivity for a location in the visual field, of distractibility, of selectivity among response alternatives, and of strategic influences. In two out of three tasks, caffeine speeded responses significantly. However, these effects did not differ across conditions within-task, so there was no indication that they were to due to (a) specific effect(s) on one or more of the attentional sub-functions. The results suggest that the beneficial effects of caffeine in low-load conditions cannot be attributed to reduced distractibility or increased suppression of task-irrelevant response tendencies.

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PsychopharmacologySpringer Journals

Published: Feb 1, 1998

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