Caffeine May Improve Memory

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That cup of coffee in the morning may improve long-term memory, according to a new study.

The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that participants who had been given caffeine pills had better memory recall.

Uh, what was this all about? Better have another cup of coffee.

Seriously, for a guy who drinks between 6 and 8 cups of coffee every day, this is great news! Read more @ Caffeine May Improve Memory, Study Finds | TIME.com

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Reduces chances of skin cancer too,
Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk

Other benefits as well (googling: caffeine benefits)
New Clues on Caffeine?s Health Benefits

"Researchers say their experiments explain the chemistry of how the antioxidant seeks out and destroys free radicals associated with Alzheimer's and heart disease."

 

[waltky]

Dog next door remembers when Uncle Ferd woofed at him - so now he barks at Uncle Ferd whenever he sees him...

Dogs Remember Like Humans
November 25, 2016 - Your dog’s memory works much more like yours than previously thought, according to a new study.

Writing in the journal Current Biology, researchers from the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Budapest, Hungary, say that, like people, dogs can “remember and recall events from the past, even when those events didn't hold any particular importance at the time they occurred.” "The results of our study can be considered as a further step to break down artificially erected barriers between non-human animals and humans," said Claudia Fugazza, an author of the study. "Dogs are among the few species that people consider 'clever,' and yet we are still surprised whenever a study reveals that dogs and their owners may share some mental abilities despite our distant evolutionary relationship."

Testing dogs’ memories is difficult since they are unable to speak, but researchers used a trick called “do as I do,” meaning a human performs an action, such as jumping in the air and then urging the dog to do the same by saying “do it.” This ability to be trained, however, doesn’t prove canines have episodic memories. To test that, researchers added a wrinkle to the “do as I do” trick. One group of dogs was trained to imitate a human’s actions, but another group was trained to lie down no matter what action the human took.

British Member of Parliament Liz Saville-Roberts gets a lick from Dogs Trust rescue dog Fiona, at the Westminster Dog of the Year competition, in London​

After the dogs had been trained to lie down, researchers “surprised” them with a “do it” command, which they say caused the dogs to lie down. “The dogs recalled what they'd seen the person do even though they had no particular reason to think they'd need to remember,” according to a news release on the study. “They showed episodic-like memory.” The memories seemed to last over time but did eventually fade, researchers said.

Researchers add that similar tests could be used on other animal species. "From a broad evolutionary perspective, this implies that episodic-like memory is not unique and did not evolve only in primates but is a more widespread skill in the animal kingdom," Fugazza said. "We suggest that dogs may provide a good model to study the complexity of episodic-like memory in a natural setting, especially because this species has the evolutionary and developmental advantage to live in human social groups."

Dogs Remember Like Humans

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I am going to have another cup and ponder these findings.