The Acute Effects of Caffeinated Black Coffee on Cognition and Mood in Healthy Young and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive and mood benefits of coffee are often attributed to caffeine. However, emerging evidence indicates behavioural effects of non-caffeine components within coffee, suggesting the potential for direct or synergistic effects of these compounds when consumed with caffeine in regular brewed coffee. The current randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, counterbalanced-crossover study compared the effects of regular coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and placebo on measures of cognition and mood. Age and sex effects were explored by comparing responses of older (61⁻80 years, N = 30) and young (20⁻34 years, N = 29) males and females. Computerised measures of episodic memory, working memory, attention, and subjective state were completed at baseline and 30 min post-drink. Regular coffee prod

SUBMITTER: Haskell-Ramsay CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6213082 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature