A six - year - old who slept a solid 10.5 to 11 hours each night might be more wakeful and alert when he sleeps for 10 hours a night when he or she is seven - years - old.
Caffeine's mechanism involves inhibiting our adenosine receptors [1]- these receptors are responsible for relaxation, calm and sleepiness so when caffeine forces them to switch off your body can shift into a more alert, wakeful state.