咖啡因对人类攻击性行为的影响。

Effects of caffeine on human aggressive behavior.

作者信息

Cherek D R, Steinberg J L, Brauchi J T

出版信息

Psychiatry Res. 1983 Feb;8(2):137-45. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(83)90101-4.

Abstract

A new methodology was employed to study the effects of caffeine on human aggressive behavior in a laboratory situation. Aggressive responding was elicited by subtracting money from the research subjects, which was attributed to a fictitious person. Caffeine compared to placebo produced decreases in two types of aggressive responses, but increased nonaggressive monetary reinforced responding. Thus, the suppressing effect of caffeine on aggressive responding was not due to a nonspecific depressant action.

摘要

一种新方法被用于研究咖啡因在实验室环境中对人类攻击性行为的影响。通过从研究对象那里扣除金钱来引发攻击反应，这些钱被归为一个虚构的人。与安慰剂相比，咖啡因使两种攻击反应减少，但增加了非攻击性金钱强化反应。因此，咖啡因对攻击反应的抑制作用并非由于非特异性的抑制作用。