Sensitivity to change in cognitive performance and mood measures of energy and fatigue in response to morning caffeine alone or in combination with carbohydrate.

Victor Maridakis, Patrick J O'Connor, Phillip D Tomporowski

Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

The International journal of neuroscience 2009

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This double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subjects (N = 17) experiment compared the sensitivity to change of the cognitive performance and mood measures of mental energy following consumption of either a moderate dose of caffeine (200 mg), a small amount of carbohydrate (50 g white bread), or both. Caffeine improved mood and performance. The sensitivity to change of the mood and cognitive measures did not differ in response to the three treatments (all p values > .05). The mood and cognitive measures of mental energy used here have similar sensitivity to detecting change in response to caffeine and carbohydrate.

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Victor Maridakis, Patrick J O'Connor, Phillip D Tomporowski. Sensitivity to change in cognitive performance and mood measures of energy and fatigue in response to morning caffeine alone or in combination with carbohydrate. The International journal of neuroscience. 2009;119(8):1239-58