Cognitive Connections: The Relationship Between Decaffeinated Coffee and Students' Memory Performance

Wenrui Liang

doi:10.54254/2753-7064/2025.NS29520

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Cognitive Connections: The Relationship Between Decaffeinated Coffee and Students' Memory Performance

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Cognitive Connections: The Relationship Between Decaffeinated Coffee and Students' Memory Performance

Wenrui Liang ^1*

¹ HD Beijing School

^*Corresponding author: 2303180@stu.hdschools.org

Published on 11 November 2025

CHR Vol.98

ISSN (Print): 2753-7072

ISSN (Online): 2753-7064

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-531-8

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-532-5

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Abstract

The impact of coffee and the placebo effect on individuals ' academic performance is examined in this analysis. It checks the effects of caffeinated, decaffeinated, and no celebrating coffee on word memory and mental state. A brand-new experimental design is used for the study. It changes the order in which participants drink these three kinds of beverages. This enables us to understand both the psychological impact of eating and the simulated activity. The findings show that caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee warmly affect cognitive function and practice. According to this, the placebo effect may include a significant influence on food's opportunities, which are similar to those of caffeine. Additionally, the study demonstrates that coffee drinkers ' opinions and beliefs can have a significant influence on how they perceive its advantages. These reports suggest that caffeine and psychological factors, such as interests and the placebo effect, does contribute to the perceived development in academic performance as a result of coffee consumption. Coming research needs to examine how growing psychological expectations may increase the impact of coffee on academic performance as well as the internal mechanisms that underlie coffee use.

Keywords:

caffeine, decaffeinated coffee, placebo, cognitive memory

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Cite this article

Liang,W. (2025). Cognitive Connections: The Relationship Between Decaffeinated Coffee and Students' Memory Performance. Communications in Humanities Research,98,34-43.

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The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

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