Posted on 07/19/2004 8:18:05 PM PDT by blam
Coffee 'can make mind go blank'
By Nic Fleming
(Filed: 20/07/2004)
Drinking coffee can cause tip-of-the-tongue moments when the brain struggles to retrieve information, according to a study.
Caffeine, widely held to make people more alert, can make the mind go blank or struggle to switch between trains of thought.
It can help the brain process information rapidly but interferes once the brain tries to switch between subjects, researchers claim.
Volunteers were split into two groups, with one given 200 milligrams of caffeine - the equivalent of two cups of coffee. They then answered 100 questions after reading 10 "priming words" with between two and eight of the words sounding similar to the answer.
Caffeine appeared to help participants find the correct answers when primed with many similar sounding words. But when there were more unrelated priming words they suffered more tip-of-the-tongue moments than those who had not had coffee.
The study, by researchers in Italy, is published in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Yes, we need a Caffeine Enforcement Agency.
BLAM BLAM BLAM (sounds of door being kicked in)
"You there! Drop the beans!" (sounds of weapons being cocked)
"Sergeant! Take some men and sledgehammers. Start bashing the sheetrock. I'm SURE they're hiding cappuccino in the walls! Rotten coffee-heads'll do anything... pushing their junk on schoolkids and nuns..."
"Sir! I found a bathtub espresso operation! We've got these bastards now!"
"Good. Call for trucks to haul their stuff off, and notify the banks to seize their accounts. We're gonna seize all their assets! What a beautiful day."
Ya got to Irish it up!!!
Makes me clear think at workipooh.....
I....um..... What I was..... um.... you see I.... uhhhhh..... welll........ ummmmmm......what.......um......
One day at work I didn't have my coffee and the telephone rang and I answered the soldering iron.
As I sip my morning coffee..I am thinking....oops my mind went blank....nevermind
As well as speak insanely fast, carry extremely heavy objects, and accomplish tasks quicker..
Thinking clearly while under the influence of coffee... haven't seen proof of that with my stuff.
For me it's the reverse --- all that happens to me if I don't have coffee.
Decaf? Isn't that sort of like going to Las Vegas when it's closed? ;-)
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JULY 11, 2004 09:44:08 ET XXXXX
TIME MAG INVESTIGATION REVEALS: EDWARDS LOVES 'DIET COKE'
The nation's top magazine leads the journalism pack on Monday with an in-depth investigation on the background of Dem VP pick John Edwards.
TIME magazine's Karen Tumulty has learned: John Edwards drinks Diet Coke -- a lot of Diet Coke!
TIME unearths: "The North Carolinian who would be a caffeine-and-sodium-buzzed heartbeat away from the presidency subsequently admitted that 'on a good day' he has been known to open four before noon, at which point Kerry pronounced himself stunned, seized the can from Edwards and started reading the nutrition label aloud. 'Sodium, 2%. Protein, John, zero,' he called as Edwards scrambled for the door. As for himself, Kerry owned up: 'When I drink Coke, I have to drink the real thing, because of the sugar in it.'"
Not to be outdone by at least nine joint interviews Kerry and Edwards have conducted in the past few days with newspapers, news services and magazines, all embargoed for a Sunday release that would coincide with the pair's appearance on 60 MINUTES, editors at TIME snag the quote of the week:
"This man drinks a lot of Diet Coke," Kerry whispers to TIME, in its cover story set for maximum Monday impact.
Developing...
This explains the last 30 years of my life...
I have only one thing to say about this, but I forgot what it was. Oh well another quad expresso I guess.
Vegas never closes.
And you've obviously forgotten what you were supposed to tell me, thereby proving my point. ;-)
Oh, I know now what I meant to say.
Decaf?
Isn't that sort of like going on a honeymoon when . . .
Oh, damn! Never mind - I'm sure I'll remember it soon enough. ;-)
This thread sounds familiar, but I can't think of what it reminds me of.
LOL, that coffee got to you even worse than me!!
Don't worry, your ex told me that you aren't talking her into doing that again...
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