ABranco comments on Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ABranco 04 April 2010 10:54:34PM *  3 points [-]

I like your meta-analysis on to which kinds of tasks coffee works better.

I add something on the how much. Frequent small doses gives you better results than few large doses.

Actually, whenever in the absence of further specific evidences, I have found that small-doses-many-times is a good rule of thumb for a vast array of substances (eg: food in general, sugar) if the goal is to maintain a stable, productive mental state.