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Scientists testing coffee against plain caffeine found that plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of coffee, activating areas of the brain that make you feel more alert but not the areas of the brain that affect working memory and goal-directed behavior. For many people, the day doesn’t start until their …
If your alertness and reaction time is see-sawing more than usual, you may be more at risk of a viral illness. That’s the key finding of an experiment led by University of Michigan researchers working in close collaboration with researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Virginia. “We all know …
Many people who find it hard to wake up in the morning blame it on their constitution or their genes. But how you slept, what you ate for breakfast and the amount of physical activity you engaged in the day before have a lot more to do with your ability to wake up alert. Do …
Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed. Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published March 14 in …
You may want to consider having a nice fragrant cup of peppermint tea next time you have to give a speech or are heading into an important meeting because peppermint tea can help to increase short and long term memory within twenty minutes, according to a release from the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference. Northumbria …
Dementia is one of the fastest growing diseases around the globe, upwards of 24 million people battle this condition. As the population continues to age with the oncoming silver tsunami the amount of people struggling with the disease is expected to grow to over 84 million by 2040. Dementia is a most devastating disease that …
Among healthy men, a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with added plant extracts helps to boost alertness and feelings of well-being. Multivitamin supplements contain a wide range of nutrients, with a number of individual ingredients suggested to be effective in boosting mood and improving alertness. Andrew Pipingas, from Swinburne University (Australia), and colleagues enrolled 50 …