The present study contrasted caffeine's effects on individuals who expect caffeine to stimulate them and those who do not. Secondly, whether a message that caffeine rather than placebo was administered would also affect these two groups of subjects differently was investigated. The study was conduct
Memory complaint and memory performance in the elderly: The effects of memory-skills training and expectancy change
β Scribed by Deborah L. Best; Kim W. Hamlett; Stephen W. Davis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 846 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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## Abstract Memory complaint has been shown to be poorly correlated with objective memory performance in nonβdemented elderly people. A previous study indicated the possible importance of depression and personality in the presentation of memory complaint in people with mild memory impairment. The p