Hypothesis
Vitamin B from the energy drinks assist in the body’s energy production and processing of carbohydrates into energy. Caffeine increases dopamine levels, which gives the body an energy boost. The energy drinks should cause humans to react faster by increasing their continuity of attention and heightening alertness. Running should have the same influence on the human body by raising heart rate, also heightening attentiveness
Materials
· 5-hour energy drinks
· 28 High school human test subjects above the age of 16
· Laptop
· Computer program
-java compiler
· Trackpad (mouse)
· One story staircase
· Instant Heart Rate by Azumio Inc. iPhone application
Method
In order to keep our data consistent we always measured the heart rate before playing the game. For the 5-Hour energy trials, we waited exactly five minutes (measured mechanically) between drinking the 5-Hour energy and measuring heart rate. For the running exercise everyone walked down the two flights of stairs immediately before running up them.
Procedure
Vitamin B from the energy drinks assist in the body’s energy production and processing of carbohydrates into energy. Caffeine increases dopamine levels, which gives the body an energy boost. The energy drinks should cause humans to react faster by increasing their continuity of attention and heightening alertness. Running should have the same influence on the human body by raising heart rate, also heightening attentiveness
Materials
· 5-hour energy drinks
· 28 High school human test subjects above the age of 16
· Laptop
· Computer program
-java compiler
· Trackpad (mouse)
· One story staircase
· Instant Heart Rate by Azumio Inc. iPhone application
Method
In order to keep our data consistent we always measured the heart rate before playing the game. For the 5-Hour energy trials, we waited exactly five minutes (measured mechanically) between drinking the 5-Hour energy and measuring heart rate. For the running exercise everyone walked down the two flights of stairs immediately before running up them.
Procedure
- Set up the computer game and have the 5-hour energy drinks ready.
- Gather volunteers for the experiment.
- Give the participants a verbal explanation of the experiment:
- After the verbal briefing, direct the participants to follow the process of the experiment.
- Take the participants heart rate by using Instant Heart Rate by Azumio Inc. iPhone application.
- Have the participant play the reaction-based computer game.
- Mark the speed and number of misclicks (given by the computer game).
- On a separate day, gather the same volunteers together.
- Use the Instant Heart Rate application to measure the heart rate of a volunteer
- Have the participant walk down one flight of stairs and immediately run up the same flight of stairs, making sure to use each step.
- Using the Instant Heart Rate application, remeasure the heart rate of the participant.
- Have the participant replay the computer game.
- Note their time and number of misclicks.
- Have them take an entire 5-hour energy.
- Wait 5 minutes for the energy drink to begin affecting the participant as well as time to cool down from the stair running.
- Retake his/her heart rates.
- Have him/her re-play the computer game
- Repeat with other volunteers.