Miracle Supplement Found to ‘Solidify’ New Memories Within 24 Hours in Historic Breakthrough
A miracle supplement might help “solidify” new memories within one day of taking it, Harvard Health reports, referring to a breakthrough study led by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
“We’ve always known that caffeine has cognitive-enhancing effects, but its particular effects on strengthening memories and making them resistant to forgetting has never been examined in detail in humans,” said Michael Yassa, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and senior author.
“We report for the first time a specific effect of caffeine on reducing forgetting over 24 hours.”
Professor Yassa and his team conducted a double-blind trial in which participants who did not regularly eat or drink caffeinated products received either a placebo or a 200-milligram caffeine tablet five minutes after studying a series of images.
Salivary samples were taken from the participants before they took the tablets to measure their caffeine levels. Samples were taken again one, three, and 24 hours afterwards. The next day, both groups were tested on their ability to recognise images from the previous day’s study session. On the test, some of the visuals were the same as those from the day before, some were new additions, and some were similar but not the same. (Read more from “Miracle Supplement Found to ‘Solidify’ New Memories Within 24 Hours in Historic Breakthrough” HERE)