A study that links caffeine to hallucinations, according to
Australian researchers at La Trobe University. This study suggested that people
that over indulge in caffeinated drinks having more than three cups of coffee
at a time would be more prone to having hallucinations. There are more than enough
conflicting reports about coffee from health concerns to health benefits. In
the study, researchers brought a small group of overly caffeinated volunteers
to a lab, and had them put on headphones where they listen to white noise, but
first suggesting that they would be listening to White Christmas. Now having
extensive knowledge to the effects of listening to white noise, and other noise
generators in my work with anomalous voice phenomena the continued research of
electronic voice phenomena my study on recognizing sound anomalies. Continuously listening to white noise in and of itself would be suspect of causing the
hallucinations. Then making a suggestion of what you would be hearing while
listening to the white noise invalidates the research. If you take anyone
caffeinated to the hilt or not and then put headphones on them playing white
noise just before suggesting that they would be listening to White Christmas.
They are going to hear White Christmas this is the power of suggestion not a
hallucination. This study has many flaws, such as controls (how much caffeine),
sample size (suggesting only one song tends to sway the results), and small
polling size even though the number of participants was left out of the study.
In conclusion, there is not enough evidence that caffeine alone could cause
severe hallucinations.
Experiment
What songs gets stuck in your head when mentioning the title, or part of the lyrics.
Of Course, every generation has one of those tunes.
Because I'm Happy
Oh Mickey, you're so fine, You're so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Bohemian Rhapsody
Frozen
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