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Study: Drink two espressos to enhance long-term memory
New Scientist ^ | 01/13/2013 | Simon Makin

Posted on 01/13/2014 7:44:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Coffee has long been a friend of students working through the night, but it does more than just keep us awake. A study provides the first convincing evidence that caffeine enhances long-term memory in people – provided the dose is right.

The effects mirror similar results seen in honeybees, where a boost to memory from caffeine-laden nectar may help bees return to certain plants.

Researchers strongly suspected that caffeine enhances memory, but studies that tried to show this in people weren't conclusive, as any apparent benefits in memory could have been due to increased attention, a known benefit of caffeine.

Studies in animals such as rats, meanwhile, suggested that it enhances memory consolidation – the process of strengthening memories between acquiring them and retrieving them – which should affect long-term memory.

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: coffee; espresso; memory

1 posted on 01/13/2014 7:44:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I start my day with one — but I usually forget to get a second one.


2 posted on 01/13/2014 7:45:06 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
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3 posted on 01/13/2014 7:47:30 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SeekAndFind

After five years of 0bama, I’m ready to forget.


4 posted on 01/13/2014 8:27:57 PM PST by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm 58. I think there might be something to this. My friends marvel at the minute details I remember from back in the day. (Key fobs from buddies bikes, all kinds of stupid stuff like that.)

Until about 12 years ago, I always had 1-2 pots or more of strong coffee a day. Now it's 1 or 2 cups of decaf.

5 posted on 01/13/2014 8:52:50 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: SeekAndFind

My 89 yr old dad has been goiing thru dementia for a couple of
years since shortly before my mom’s passing. I think it was
brought on by minor strokes. His long term memory is better
by far than the short term memory. Why? Because you spend
a lifetime implanting memories in your brain. They become
embedded. My dad can’t recall if it is 8am or pm but he can
talk endlessly about his WWII paratroopter days, stories I have
heard for 30 yrs and confirmed by war buddies at various reunions.


6 posted on 01/13/2014 10:12:07 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is this true for Mountain Dew also?????


7 posted on 01/14/2014 2:47:35 AM PST by theelephantway
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