I'd look for arousal as a mediating variable and then look at
arousal factors in signal detection and caffeine factors vis-a-vis
arousal to come up with some hypothesis re: caffeine and signal
detection.
annette
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, David CARPENTER wrote:
> TIPsters,
>
> I have a student who is looking for research on the effects of caffine. SHe is
>particularly interested in what effects it might have in signal detection tasks, but
>is having trouble finding existing research. CAn anybody help her (us), with some
>references?
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> dave Carpenter
>
>
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