The research indicates that regular caffeine users might experience diminished long-term potentiation (LTP), a crucial process for learning and memory.
  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Here’s a link to the original study.

    This bit from the discussion section echoes my first thought:

    it is possible that individuals with innately higher plasticity (for other reasons) are less drawn to caffeine, and that these innate properties are driving the overall difference in the earlier studies as well as our findings here.