Elevating blood glucose level increases the retention of information from a public safety video

Biological Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-190

  Morris, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose and memory; Breakfast and instruction; Glucose and complex memory tasks

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SACCHARIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAFETY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 42649094842     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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