Written by: Léone Kiveron, psychology student at Leiden University
In the morning at breakfast, while working or on a terrace; drinking coffee is a daily habit for many people. A lot of coffee is also drunk in business. For example, as a break time or during meetings. Besides social effects, coffee also has physical and psychological effects. This can affect employees' work. What exactly are the psychological effects of coffee and how are they caused?
What is caffeine?
Caffeine is a stimulant found naturally in coffee. Caffeine has various effects on our productivity and in this way, coffee can affect work performance.
Effects of adrenaline and dopamine
Caffeine has an effect on the brain and stimulates the release of the stress hormone adrenaline. This causes our bodies to become activated and ready to take action. Caffeine makes us more alert in the short term, it has an effect on concentration and gives a feeling of increased energy. Thus, we become sharper.
In addition to the effect of adrenaline, the release of dopamine is stimulated. As a result, people get a pleasant and happy feeling after drinking coffee. This provides increased motivation and a sense of well-being. Thus, our mood is affected by this. In addition, coffee can increase productivity. Just the smell of coffee optimizes our attention span!
The effects
Thus, coffee, through caffeine, produces various psychological effects. After taking a short break with a cup of coffee with it, employees' performance can be affected because we become sharper and attention improves. So a good cup of coffee at work is not only important for social effects, but it can also positively affect employee performance.
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