Re:Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
by account-5 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:24AM
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First they only tested 20 people, which is pretty low. And they don't seem to have tested anyone who wasn't previously a caffeine consumer. To be fair they conclude more study needs done.
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Re:Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
by BLKNSLVR on Sunday June 12, 2022 @06:46AM
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Genius!
A "gateway" study to justify a larger, more scientifically thorough, and therefore much more expensive, study in which grant money is necessarily spent on lots of coffee!
Re:Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
by WJW on Sunday June 12, 2022 @06:56AM
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Every study ever conducted ends with the recommendation that "more research is needed". Granted, not all studies are as self-evidently important as caffeine research :)
Re:Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
by DryLabRebel on Monday June 13, 2022 @06:31PM
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20 people is very low, presumably becuase the goal of the study was sleep effects, and they were using sleep labs, so I'd say that budget was a big issue here.
No doubt they wanted to maximise sample size, which is why they used the same 20 individuals for both the test and control groups.