Caffeine Cuts Men's Ability to Collaborate Under Stress

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When it comes to collaboration on stressful tasks, caffeine impairs men's performance but boosts women's, according to research led by Lindsay St. Claire of the University of Bristol in the UK. The researchers say their laboratory study raises the question of whether men "fight or flee" while women "tend and befriend" under stress, and whether caffeine somehow intensifies those behaviors. They also ask whether coffee at business meetings might have the effect of sabotaging collaboration. 80% of the world's population consumes caffeine daily.
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