Your Monday morning shot of caffeine
We take a themed hit from the archives – what is the psychological story of the stimulant, in its various forms?
10 November 2014
The pros and cons of caffeine - Rebecca Thompson and Karen Keene (The Psychologist, December 2004)
Psychology in the coffee shop - Tom Stafford (The Psychologist, July 2003)
Coca Cola - Brain tonic or poison? - Ludy T. Benjamin Jr (The Psychologist, November 2010)
Coffee helps women cope with stressful meetings but has the opposite effect on men - Research Digest, January 2011)
Coffee cravings can play havoc with your memory - Research Digest, August 2017
Caffeine causes widespread brain entropy (and that's a good thing) - Research Digest, April 2018
Heavy coffee drinkers want coffee a lot more than they actually like it - Research Digest, June 2020
Coffee can't fix all the cognitive impairments caused by a bad night's sleep - Research Digest, January 2022
Decaf coffee reduces caffeine withdrawal – even when you know it's decaf - Research Digest, January 2023
Drinking coffee before shopping can lead to impulse buying - Research Digest, June 2022
The psychological effects of your morning coffee - November 2022
Ginny Smith on caffeine and more
The pedagogical power of the campus coffee shop - Seetal Patel (final year student at the University of Leeds) and Dr Madeleine Pownall (Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Leeds) on shared spaces and campus belonging.
