{"id":32491,"date":"2013-02-10T22:44:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/instant-human-just-add-coffee.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:27:48","slug":"instant-human-just-add-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/instant-human-just-add-coffee.html","title":{"rendered":"Instant Human: Just Add Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The idea that people are grumps until they&#39;ve had their first jolt may have a basis in reality &#8212; given that it appears that caffeine helps us recognize positive words. \u00a0Cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118155570755046436520'>The Bruce, Mile High<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I know I can be a bit grumpy prior to my morning caffeine (in my case, tea). But am I actually slower to recognize positive words?\u00a0 According to some recent research, perhaps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/assets\/img\/subunits\/digital-subunit.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/podcast\/episode.cfm?id=coffee-boosts-recognition-of-positi-13-01-30'>Coffee Boosts Recognition of Positive Words: Scientific American Podcast<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA lot of people just don&#8217;t feel quite human without that morning cup of coffee. Now a study finds that the enhanced sense of well-being that caffeine can cause is reflected in our perception of words&#8230;.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/USiqfawvNCm' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea that people are grumps until they&#39;ve had their first jolt may have a basis in reality &#8212; given that it appears that caffeine helps us recognize positive words. \u00a0Cool. 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