Many college student rely on caffeine for accelerated learning. However, contrary to what most people think, caffeine does not simultaneously stimulate all regions of your brain.
New brain imaging technology reveals that it preferentially stimulates the Frontal Lobes and the Anterior Cingulum. These areas are important for:
- Working Memory: this is the kind of memory that’s important for problem solving, and tends to correlate with IQ. It’s mainly more of a short-term memory basket, as opposed to long term memory (LTM) - which relates more to distant memories stored in your brain, and how well you can retrieve them.
- Attention and Concentration- the more you can focus and pay attention, the easier it is to learn and memorize information, as well as problem solve.
Apparently, this is the 1st time caffeine has been scientifically shown to boost these aspects of brain power.
The article goes on to say that daily caffeine consumption worldwide average 76 mg per person ( about 1.5 cups of coffee), and 238 mg in the Unites States (about 4.5 cups of coffee).
Besides students, why are so many people using such large quantities of stimulants? Does Starbucks taste that good? Or is the routine of today’s modern world that unbearable?
Much More on caffeine later…
