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Coffee 'can make mind go blank'
2004-07-20
EFL
Drinking coffee can cause tip-of-the-tongue moments when the brain struggles to retrieve information, according to a study.
I th...
Caffeine, widely held to make people more alert, can make the mind go blank or struggle to switch between trains of thought.
But
It can help the brain process information rapidly but interferes once the brain tries to switch between subjects, researchers claim.
Posted by:Dragon Fly

#12  Damn you Juan Valdez!
Posted by: Anonymous5870   2004-07-20 12:17:52 PM  

#11  Dammit! Something good has to come out of Columbia!
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2004-07-20 11:33:26 AM  

#10  Assholes!....


Oh, sorry. Did I say that?
Posted by: mojo   2004-07-20 10:51:15 AM  

#9  I don't have that brown drool from my nostrils on my upper lip.

Someone please photoshop this!
Posted by: Dragon Fly   2004-07-20 10:18:36 AM  

#8  but not my typing/spelling
Posted by: Frank G   2004-07-20 10:04:20 AM  

#7  I quit snorting Folger's coffee crystals for that very reason. Now I think clearer and I don't have that brown drool from my nostrils on my upper lip. Quitting has really helped my profesional and social life
Posted by: Frank G   2004-07-20 10:03:45 AM  

#6  My 5'3" father did tell me that drinking coffee would stunt my growth...maybe he meant mental rather than physical?
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-07-20 9:42:41 AM  

#5  Coffee alert!
Posted by: Mike   2004-07-20 9:24:40 AM  

#4  Hmm... that woman has awfully big...

Oh. what is this about again?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-07-20 9:24:06 AM  

#3  ..say what?..

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2004-07-20 9:18:23 AM  

#2  I...........
Posted by: Steve   2004-07-20 8:42:56 AM  

#1  
Um ... never mind.
.
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-07-20 8:24:57 AM  

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