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Effect of Genetic Information and Information About Caffeine Content on Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, August 2017
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Title
Effect of Genetic Information and Information About Caffeine Content on Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms
Published in
Scientific Reports, August 2017
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-08678-4
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Authors

Llewellyn Mills, Ilan Dar-Nimrod, Ben Colagiuri

Abstract

This study sought to test the effect of genetic information and information about the caffeine content of a beverage on caffeine withdrawal, specifically if: (1) being informed that one has tested positive for a gene related to caffeine withdrawal can produce an exaggerated caffeine withdrawal response during abstinence; (2) belief that one has consumed caffeine leads to a reduction in withdrawal symptoms when no caffeine is consumed. Regular coffee drinkers were given a bogus genetic test and were told either that they had tested positive or negative for a gene related to withdrawal. After 24-hour caffeine abstinence withdrawal symptoms were measured using a self-report caffeine withdrawal scale, and then again after a cup of decaffeinated coffee. Half the participants were told their coffee was caffeinated and half were told truthfully that it was decaffeinated. Participants told the coffee was caffeinated reported a greater reduction in withdrawal symptoms than those told it was decaffeinated. Differing genetic test result information produced no difference in reported withdrawal symptoms. These results indicate that information about the dose of caffeine administered can influence withdrawal symptoms, but that genetic information does not have a universal ability to produce nocebo effects across all sensory and cognitive domains.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 16%
Other 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Researcher 3 7%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 12 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 8 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 11%
Neuroscience 5 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Arts and Humanities 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 16 36%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 147. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 March 2024.
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#279,730
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#3,225
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#6,032
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#122
of 5,910 outputs
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