Does having a drink help you think? 6-7-Year-old children show improvements in cognitive performance from baseline to test after having a drink of water

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-472

  Edmonds, Caroline J ^a   Jeffes, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Drinking water; Hydration; Mood

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THIRST; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; THIRST; VISION, OCULAR; WATER;

EID: 70449697847     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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