Acute effects of macronutrient manipulations on cognitive test performance in healthy young adults: A systematic research review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-85

  Hoyland, Alexa ^a   Lawton, Clare L ^a   Dye, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Attention; Carbohydrate; Cognitive performance; Cognitive tests; Fat; Glucose; Healthy young adults; Macronutrients; Memory; Protein; Psychomotor; Reaction time; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 36348958446     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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