Friday, January 1st, 2010

Caffeine and Alcohol

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Colorful Coffee Composition Photo by 'Once and Future' / Flickr

If you've ever rung in the New Year with friends, had a champagne toast or two, and then had a cup of coffee before driving home -- please don't do that again. Research published this month in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience found that in mice, caffeine was no help in countering the effects of alcohol on learning and decision making. We'll talk to one of the authors of the study.

Guests

Thomas Gould
Associate Professor of Psychology and the Center for Substance Abuse Research
Director of the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Area, Psychology Department
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Segment produced by:Charles Bergquist

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