A cup of coffee during working hours, instead of relieving stress, as it is commonly thought, reduces efficiency and makes collective work difficult, according to a study by the University of Bristol.

The only exception are mathematicians. According to the results of the study, coffee enhances the thinking abilities of those who deal with equations and algorithms. "Our findings," stresses Lindsay Sankler, one of two psychologists who examined the effects of coffee, "show that drinking coffee during the working day can be counterproductive for men, especially for people who have personal problems. In this case, the traditional break in work can turn into a boomerang, exacerbating the already existing stress, "according to the Internet edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net Sencler told that he, together with his colleague Peter Rogers, encouraged the conduct of such a study of the history of a group of employees who went on a joint business trip. This team of "white-collar workers", having received the opportunity to drink coffee in the receiving office for free and without restrictions, worked less and less smoothly. On video recordings made by cameras of hidden surveillance, this collective appeared as a group of unassembled and constantly quarreling people.

Sencler and Rogers, in order to clarify the background of this behavior, conducted a test involving 32 volunteers. At the same time, a video was recorded of how they behaved. During the study, subjects were told that they would have to drink three different types of coffee: without caffeine, a tonic and exacerbating feeling of stress. In fact, there were only two kinds of coffee:

ordinary and decaffeinated, but the experiment participants did not know this.

Psychologists noted that only those who drank ordinary coffee, had difficulties in working with colleagues. The idea to put an end to coffee breaks has already been put into practice by the Mayor of Comasco. He believes that this will increase labor productivity due to the fact that in the morning employees will no longer regularly leave work places.

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