Caffeine intake prevents risk taking after extreme sleep deprivation
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 04:49
in Health & Medicine
Caffeine use prevents increased risk taking that occurs after several nights of total sleep deprivation, according to new research. Results indicate that despite extreme sleep deprivation, participants who had consumed caffeine did not exhibit increased risky behavior on the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART), a computerized measure of impulsive risk-taking.
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