Research Plan: Map, Question/Thesis, Outline

Research Thesis and Detailed Outline

Thesis: Excessive caffeine consumption will encourage mental illnesses, induce poor academic performance, disrupt sleep quality, and diminish the ability to perform cognitive tasks.

Body Paragraph #1: Definition and role of caffeine in our bodies and brain, its ultimate purpose.

Body Paragraph #2: Caffeine inducing psychiatric conditions.

Para. #3: Likelihood of suicidality due to sleep deprivation caused by caffeine consumption.

Para. #4: Define Academic Performance; the general role its connection with caffeine.

Para. #5: Incorporate a survey: College students’ academic performance and the role of caffeine.

Para. #6: Caffeine consumption linked with lower GPA for the participants: Explanation.

Para. #7: Definition of Sleep, Circadian Clock, Slow Waves.

Para. #8: Caffeine consumption disrupts the quality of sleep: its effect in the circadian clock, ability to fall asleep, depth of sleep resulted from caffeine consumption, caffeine enhancing night time wakefulness.

Para. #9: Definition of human cognition.

Para. #10: Incorporate a study: Effects of caffeine on alertness and performance. Findings.

Para. #11: Explanation of the findings: Faster motor performance but poorer mental performance.