Caffeine may disrupt the impact of real-time drowsiness on cognitive performance: a double-blind, placebo-controlled small-sample study

Abstract Caffeine is widely used to promote alertness and cognitive performance under challenging conditions, such as sleep loss. Non-digestive modes of delivery typically reduce variability of its effect. In a placebo-controlled, 50-h total sleep deprivation (TSD) protocol we administered four 200 ...

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Main Authors: E. Aidman, M. Balin, K. Johnson, S. Jackson, G. M. Paech, M. Pajcin, C. Yates, E. Mitchelson, G. H. Kamimori, J. Fidock, C. Della Vedova, S. Banks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83504-6