Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation
Authors: Johnson, A.J., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: Nutritional Neuroscience
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
eISSN: 1476-8305
ISSN: 1028-415X
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000041
Abstract:Objectives: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness. Methods: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention response task (SART: Robertson et al., 1997), both with and without chewing gum. Self-rated measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were taken before and after the SART. Results: Chewing gum was associated with improved attentional task performance. This finding was not contingent upon a general decrease in attentional performance and was apparent at all stages of the task. Subjective measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were higher following the chewing of gum. Changes in sustained attention co-varied with subjective alertness. Discussion: The effects of chewing gum on attention and alertness are consistent with past literature and were not contingent on declines in attention. Additionally, we found evidence that gum-induced changes in self-rated alertness and attention are related. We found no support for the proposition that chewing gum can impair attention due to the division of resources. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2013.
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation.
Authors: Johnson, A.J., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: Nutr Neurosci
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
eISSN: 1476-8305
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000041
Abstract:OBJECTIVES: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness. METHODS: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention response task (SART: Robertson et al., 1997), both with and without chewing gum. Self-rated measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were taken before and after the SART. RESULTS: Chewing gum was associated with improved attentional task performance. This finding was not contingent upon a general decrease in attentional performance and was apparent at all stages of the task. Subjective measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were higher following the chewing of gum. Changes in sustained attention co-varied with subjective alertness. DISCUSSION: The effects of chewing gum on attention and alertness are consistent with past literature and were not contingent on declines in attention. Additionally, we found evidence that gum-induced changes in self-rated alertness and attention are related. We found no support for the proposition that chewing gum can impair attention due to the division of resources.
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation
Authors: Johnson, A.J., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
eISSN: 1476-8305
ISSN: 1028-415X
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000041
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23764/
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation
Authors: Johnson, A., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: Nutritional Neuroscience
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
DOI: 10.1179/153/1476830512Y.0000000041
Abstract:Objectives: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness.
Methods: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention response task (SART: Robertson et al., 1997), both with and without chewing gum. Self-rated measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were taken before and after the SART. Results: Chewing gum was associated with improved attentional task performance. This finding was not contingent upon a general decrease in attentional performance and was apparent at all stages of the task. Subjective measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were higher following the chewing of gum. Changes in sustained attention co-varied with subjective alertness Discussion: The effects of chewing gum on attention and alertness are consistent with past literature and were not contingent on declines in attention. Additionally, we found evidence that gum-induced changes in self-rated alertness and attention are related. We found no support for the proposition that chewing gum can impair attention due to the division of resources.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23764/
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation.
Authors: Johnson, A.J., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: Nutritional neuroscience
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
eISSN: 1476-8305
ISSN: 1028-415X
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512y.0000000041
Abstract:Objectives
The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness.Methods
In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention response task (SART: Robertson et al., 1997), both with and without chewing gum. Self-rated measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were taken before and after the SART.Results
Chewing gum was associated with improved attentional task performance. This finding was not contingent upon a general decrease in attentional performance and was apparent at all stages of the task. Subjective measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were higher following the chewing of gum. Changes in sustained attention co-varied with subjective alertness.Discussion
The effects of chewing gum on attention and alertness are consistent with past literature and were not contingent on declines in attention. Additionally, we found evidence that gum-induced changes in self-rated alertness and attention are related. We found no support for the proposition that chewing gum can impair attention due to the division of resources.https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23764/
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation.
Authors: Johnson, A.J., Muneem, M. and Miles, C.
Journal: Nutritional Neuroscience
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 153-159
ISSN: 1028-415X
Abstract:OBJECTIVES: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness. METHODS: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention response task (SART: Robertson et al., 1997), both with and without chewing gum. Self-rated measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were taken before and after the SART. RESULTS: Chewing gum was associated with improved attentional task performance. This finding was not contingent upon a general decrease in attentional performance and was apparent at all stages of the task. Subjective measures of alertness, contentedness, and calmness were higher following the chewing of gum. Changes in sustained attention co-varied with subjective alertness. DISCUSSION: The effects of chewing gum on attention and alertness are consistent with past literature and were not contingent on declines in attention. Additionally, we found evidence that gum-induced changes in self-rated alertness and attention are related. We found no support for the proposition that chewing gum can impair attention due to the division of resources.
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