Stimulants In College Students
For many, the word “stimulant” is associated with illegal mind-altering simulant drugs such as cocaine. Strangely enough, many college students and people around the world consume stimulants on a regular basis in their tea and coffee drinks. Caffeine is known to be one of the most used stimulant drugs by people worldwide. Whether it is because of procrastination or a dense workload, students are often left with the feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to complete all their tasks and responsibilities. It is common for students to turn to coffee to stay awake and responsive. Although coffee is common, it is not for everyone.
Neuropsychologist created a Memory Interference Test (MIT) that uses a series of different examinations
to check the cognitive functions (memory and response times) of undergraduate students enrolled in life science courses at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At UCLA, undergraduate students are consuming a range between none to four or more cups of coffee a day. The purpose of this study was to use the MIT database to determine if consuming caffeine daily is really supplying undergraduate students with an instant fix to their fatigue as well as improving their cognitive functions. Past studies at the HPRU Medical Research Center, University of Surrey, confirm, drinking coffee beverages regularly throughout the day will maintain some features of cognitive and psychomotor performance. This study also establishes that the continuous consumption of tea beverages during the day has similar effects to coffee but less severe due to its lower caffeine levels (Hindmarch et.al 2,000). The hypothesis for this experiment is that there will be a great difference in the cognitive and psychomotor performances in undergraduate students at UCLA who drink one cup of a coffee a day as opposed to none. The null hypothesis for this study is that there will be no differences between the cognitive and psychomotor performances of students who drink one cup of a coffee a day as opposed to none.
Neuropsychologist created a Memory Interference Test (MIT) that uses a series of different examinations
to check the cognitive functions (memory and response times) of undergraduate students enrolled in life science courses at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At UCLA, undergraduate students are consuming a range between none to four or more cups of coffee a day. The purpose of this study was to use the MIT database to determine if consuming caffeine daily is really supplying undergraduate students with an instant fix to their fatigue as well as improving their cognitive functions. Past studies at the HPRU Medical Research Center, University of Surrey, confirm, drinking coffee beverages regularly throughout the day will maintain some features of cognitive and psychomotor performance. This study also establishes that the continuous consumption of tea beverages during the day has similar effects to coffee but less severe due to its lower caffeine levels (Hindmarch et.al 2,000). The hypothesis for this experiment is that there will be a great difference in the cognitive and psychomotor performances in undergraduate students at UCLA who drink one cup of a coffee a day as opposed to none. The null hypothesis for this study is that there will be no differences between the cognitive and psychomotor performances of students who drink one cup of a coffee a day as opposed to none.