Asif Abbasi, Amaila Fazal, Faizan Mirza, Sadaf Ahmed.
Alterations in human reaction time upon Consumption of taurine-caffeine based energy Drink. a gender based study..
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;14(2):12-5.

Background: Energy drinks contains several potentially psychoactive ingredients including taurine, glucoronolactone, and caffeine that increases the human performances, reaction time and mood with relative differences to visual and auditory stimuli between both the genders. Objective: we aim to evaluate and compare the effects of energy drink on reaction time of male and female subjects upon visual cue, auditory cue and tactile cue. Methods: The study was conducted on 50 healthy individuals of age group 18-25, residing in Karachi, Pakistan. Ruler Catching Method was used to calculate the reaction time on auditory visual and tactile cues and formula t = √ d ⁄ 490 was applied to calculate the reaction time in cm/sec2. Results: It was analysed that the mean reaction time for all visual, auditory and tactile cues decreased significantly after the consumption of the energy drink. However, visual response after consumption of energy drink was quicker in males whereas, auditory and tactile responses were faster in females. Conclusion: Consumption of energy drinks surely influence the visual, auditory and tactile responses positively in both the genders but on the other hand also poses vulnerable impact on human health.

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