Effect of Alpinia galanga on mental alertness and sustained attention with or without caffeine
Human “attention” is not only becoming scarce but is a complex set of functions that have been studied in the past using mostly subjective scales. The challenge was to be able to accurately measure individual components of the attention network using objective assessment tools. The researchers at Vedic chose Jin Fan’s computerized model the Attention Network Test (ANT) after careful evaluation of several tools. In this path-breaking study, ANT was successful in identifying the finer differences between the investigational product EnXtra and the gold standard caffeine. EnXtra was found to improve and sustain mental alertness up to 5hrs with and without caffeine and also impeded the caffeine crash.
