It comes as no surprise since you’ve most likely heard it before that caffeine enhances memory. In a new experiment conducted by Michael Yassa, formerly at Johns Hopkins University, and his team, one cup of strong coffee with 200 milligrams of caffeine, was found to enhance long-term memory. Here’s what made this study as little different than those that came before:
Yassa’s study is one of the first to examine the effects of caffeine on long-term memory. Prior experiments gave subjects the caffeine or placebo tablets before being asked to study objects rather than after. This enabled Yassa to rule out effects other than the caffeine on the subject’s attention to the images such as focus, vigilance and other factors.
You can read the entire article here in the LA Times or watch the short video below.
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