
Coffee can make meetings tolerable more productive – and positive
Coffee Brews Better Group Performance, UC Davis Study Finds
First Research on the Effects of Caffeine on Group Work
The following post was originally published by UC Davis News
By Brad Hooker and Julia Ann Easley
Planning a meeting? Serving coffee can focus group discussion, boost involvement and leave members feeling better about their own and others’ participation.
Those are the findings of new research on the effects of caffeine on group performance from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.
Decades of coffee research have explored its effects on the individual, but this study is the first on the effects on performance in group tasks.