A study in this issue of Nature Neuroscience reports that administering caffeine to humans immediately after memory encoding enhances consolidation, as reflected by improved performance in a memory test a day later.
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Favila, S., Kuhl, B. Stimulating memory consolidation. Nat Neurosci 17, 151–152 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3638
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