Effects
of Caffeine and Task Experience on Task Performance
R.E. Landrum, C.J. Meliska & W.H. Loke |
Forty-four
subjects were assigned to a high- or low-caffeine user group based
on self-reported caffeine consumption. Subjects received either 200
mg caffeine or placebo. Testing on extroversion/introversion (E/I),
tapping, serial learning, reaction time, writing speed, and reading
comprehension indicated no significant effect of drug administration,
but revealed a significant positive correlation between E/I and caffeine
consumption, r= +0.326. Subsequent analyses revealed that extroversion
levels in individuals may differentially influence variables of interest,
and also can be influenced by chronic caffeine consumption.
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