“…In particular, we anticipated that sensory properties previously identified as drivers of refreshing perception (McEwan & Colwill, 1996;Labbe et al, 2009a) would enhance alpha and beta brain oscillations as observed in prior EEG studies (Hallschmid et al, 2002;Morinushi et al, 2000). We hypothesized that these changes in brain activation would lead to an improvement in task performance as alpha and beta oscillations have been involved in some of the cognitive processes necessary to perform the rapid visual information processing (RVIP) task, such as sustained attention and working memory (Besserve et al, 2008;Dockree, Kelly, Foxe, Reilly, & Robertson, 2007;Gross et al, 2004;Klimesch, Doppelmayr, Russegger, Pachinger, & Schwaiger, 1998;Tallon-Baudry, 2003). Finally the impact of refreshing perception on mental energy was explored over time (immediately and 15 min post consumption) since previous studies reported the perceptual long lasting properties of sensory drivers of refreshing perception such as coldness (Gwartney & Heymann, 1995;Westerink & Kozlov, 2004).…”