Comprehensive computerized assessment of cognitive sequelae of a complete 12-16 hour fast

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 804-816

  Doniger, Glen M ^a   Simon, Ely S ^a   Zivotofsky, Ari Z ^b  

^a NeuroTrax Corporation   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Fasting; Food deprivation; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33747337428     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.4.804     Document Type: Article

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