Smillie, Luke D. and Gökçen, Elif. 2010. Caffeine enhances working memory for extraverts. Biological Psychology, 85(3), pp. 496-498. ISSN 03010511 [Article]

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Using a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled design we examined the effects of caffeine on working memory (WM) as a function of extraverted personality. Participants (N = 59) received 200 mg of caffeine and placebo in counterbalanced-order over two sessions prior to completing a ‘N-Back’ WM paradigm. Findings revealed that caffeine administration relative to the placebo condition resulted in heightened WM performance, but only for extraverted participants. We suggest based on previous theory and research that dopamine function (DA) may be the most plausible mechanism underlying this finding.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.08.012
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 2010 Published
Item ID:	5423
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2011 12:06
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2012 12:56
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5423

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