TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychomotor Performance Under Alcohol and Under Caffeine
T2 - Expectancy and Pharmacological Effects
AU - Fillmore, Mark T.
AU - Vogel-Sprott, M.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - This experiment tested the hypothesis that Ss' expectancies about drug effects on psychomotor performance would predict their responses to drug and placebo. Forty male undergraduates were assigned to 1 of 5 treatments: alcohol (0.56 g/kg), placebo alcohol, caffeine (2.93 mg/kg), placebo caffeine, or no treatment. Groups received preliminary training on a pursuit rotor task before rating the effect that caffeine or alcohol was expected to have on their performance. Ss' performance was measured under the treatments and showed impairment under alcohol and improvement under caffeine. However, regardless of whether they received a drug or placebo, those who expected the most impairment performed the most poorly. Results indicate the importance of expectancies in understanding individual differences in response to drugs and placebos.
AB - This experiment tested the hypothesis that Ss' expectancies about drug effects on psychomotor performance would predict their responses to drug and placebo. Forty male undergraduates were assigned to 1 of 5 treatments: alcohol (0.56 g/kg), placebo alcohol, caffeine (2.93 mg/kg), placebo caffeine, or no treatment. Groups received preliminary training on a pursuit rotor task before rating the effect that caffeine or alcohol was expected to have on their performance. Ss' performance was measured under the treatments and showed impairment under alcohol and improvement under caffeine. However, regardless of whether they received a drug or placebo, those who expected the most impairment performed the most poorly. Results indicate the importance of expectancies in understanding individual differences in response to drugs and placebos.
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U2 - 10.1037/1064-1297.2.4.319
DO - 10.1037/1064-1297.2.4.319
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000177884
SN - 1064-1297
VL - 2
SP - 319
EP - 327
JO - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
JF - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
IS - 4
ER -