Cedric Chin on Twitter: "Major caveat: @themitak points out that the studies have problems; shit studies going into a meta analysis might mean the meta analyses are shit. tl;dr (sigh) I'll have to dig into the source literature before celebrating or believing these claims. Gah." / Twitter

I have never felt my chemical consumption habits so affirmed, so seen. Heck of a thread. (Also, there’s a web app for optimal caffeine dosing for alertness? SIGN ME UP: 2b-alert-web.bhsai.org/2b-alert-web/l)

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Ethan Mollick

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Apr 2

Coffee is a mind-enhancing drug that actually works! A randomized, placebo-controlled, between-subject, double-blind study shows the caffeine equivalent of one cup of

increases problem-solving ability, especially for problems requiring insight. files.osf.io/v1/resources/6

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Cedric Chin

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Major caveat:

@themitak

points out that the studies have problems; shit studies going into a meta analysis might mean the meta analyses are shit. tl;dr (sigh) I'll have to dig into the source literature before celebrating or believing these claims. Gah.

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I have a bunch of anecdotal examples of people who stop caffeine who report benefits after longer time, myself included. OTOH, people also stack caffeine with L-theanine, and report it works better.

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People can have widely different sensitivity to caffeine too. Science may not be much better than bro science here. 90% of people in the western world are addicted to caffeine. Withdrawal harder than alcohol. It would be unethical and unpractical to stop for controlled exprmnt.

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