Playbomb points to a new study from Austria that shows that caffeine stimulates areas of the brain that govern short-term memory and attention. What the study fails to address, it seems, is the long terms effect of over-caffeination, which includes premature aging of the brain. It also fails to mention that your brain grows accustom to caffeine use over time and the amount required to receive a benefit increases until your refrigerator is filled shelf-to-shelf with Mountain Dew and the humming in your brain can actually be heard by neighbors or maybe that was just me.

Actually, I went cold Turkey on caffeine about 10 years ago after doing some research on the topic and deciding that my already tiny brain was being turned into a prune by the hyper juice. I've since returned to drinking occasional caffeinated drinks, which probably explains a lot.

Caffeine Confirmed to Boos Brain [Playbomb]