Effect of breakfast composition on cognitive processes in elementary school children

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 635-645

  Mahoney, Caroline R ^a,c   Taylor, Holly A ^a   Kanarek, Robin B ^a   Samuel, Priscilla ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quaker Oats Company   (United States)

^c US Army RD and E Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Breakfast composition; Carbohydrate; Children; Cognition; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEAL; MEMORY; METABOLISM; OAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 23744506262     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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