December 02, 2005
Caffeine for a better memory?
Some time ago we offered up some tips on ridding yourself of coffee and caffeine. While that still might be a good idea, it turns out that a cuppa joe before a meeting can help memory-wise.
Apparently functional magnetic resonance imaging scans performed on the brains of 15 subjects who had just consumed caffeine equal to that found in two cups of coffee, showed increased activity in the frontal lobe where the working memory is located, and in the anterior cingulum that controls attention.
Maybe the key to caffeine is timing and moderation?
