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Nursing's Michael Decker discusses the negative impact of caffeine on sleep, studying

BUSINESS, LAW + POLITICS | December 16, 2013
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
All-nighters and caffeine may not help during finals week, professor says: Higher education roundup The Plain Dealer: Michael Decker, associate professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and national sleep expert, discussed the effects of caffeine on the brain and potentially negative effects of the drug. “As sleep is very necessary to store incoming information as memory, caffeine-induced sleep disruption can impair that process,” he said.