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March 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Stimulants don’t affect everybody equally
- Highly motivated individuals can be LESS motivated after caffeine
- ‘Lazier’ individuals reap benefit
By
Rob Waugh
11:45 EST, 30 March 2012
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11:47 EST, 30 March 2012
Coffee’s stimulant effect doesn’t work on everyone – in fact, with highly motivated individuals, it can have a reverse effect
For many workers, a cup of coffee is a morning ritual – but new research suggests that it doesn’t actually give you a boost.
A study found that caffeine – and other stimulants such as amphetamines – don’t actually raise motivation levels.
People who are already motivated could well feel the urge to slack off – and the only ones who benefit will be slackers.
‘Every day, millions of people use stimulants to wake up, stay alert and
increase their productivity – from truckers driving all night to
students cramming for exams,’ says Jay Hosking, a PhD candidate in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychology, who led the study.
‘These findings suggest that
some stimulants may actually have an opposite effect for people who
naturally favour the difficult tasks of life that come with greater
rewards.’
The study – published in Nature’s Neuropsychopharmacology – explored the impacts of stimulants on rats.
As with humans, some rats are more willing to solve problems than others – in the case of humans, it’s workplace problems.
For the rats, they are laboratory puzzles.
With ‘busy’ rats, coffee and amphetamines made them less active.
With lazier specimens, the opposite was true.
When presented with stimulants, the ‘slacker’ rats that typically avoided challenges worked significantly harder when given amphetamines, while ‘worker’ rats that typically embraced challenges were less motivated by caffeine or amphetamine.
The study suggests that the amount of mental attention people devote to achieving their goals may play a role in determining how stimulants affect them, Hosking says.
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Life is so short and I don’t give a schit to this clueless study and still enjoy my morning coffee. Scientists do not have any work to do other than digging into my coffee …. lol
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I agree. Caffeine makes me irritable and tired. Non-drowsy formula medication sends me to sleep and anti histamines knock me out cold. However I don’t mind hard work but when at home prefer to daydream and be lazy.
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More rubbish… who pays for this research??? WHY????
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Mammal.Human != Mammal.Rat;
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In other words, public sector workers should be drinking a lot more coffee, and private sector workers should be drinking a lot less.
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Seems the Houses of Parliament need to ban tea and serve only coffee…….
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Seems the Houses of Parliament need to ban tea and serve only coffee…….
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I thought I was the only person in the world that felt sleepy after drinking coffee.
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Gotta argue with this one. My grandmother raised 9 children, cooked all the meals from scratch, cleaned the house daily, participated in church and neighborhood activities and drank 3-4 pots off coffee every single day. Please oh wise researcher, tell me that’s a lazy person.
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