ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Influence of Acetaminophen on Task Related Attention
- Sumeet Mutti
University of British Columbia - Javier Samayoa
Ohio State University - Julia Kam
University of California, Berkeley - Daniel Randles
University of Toronto - Steven Heine
University of British Columbia - Todd Handy
University of British Columbia
Abstract
In a placebo-controlled between-groups design, we examined the impacts of acetaminophen (Tylenol) on task-related attention while recording event-related potentials (ERPs) during a target detection task. Our findings suggest that when we slip into an off-task attentional state, acetaminophen increases the breadth of our neurocognitive disengagement from the external task environment.
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