Higher Reported Saturated Fat and Refined Sugar Intake Is Associated With Reduced Hippocampal-Dependent Memory and Sensitivity to Interoceptive Signals

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 943-955

  Francis, Heather M ^a   Stevenson, Richard J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Memory; Saturated fat; Sugar

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; SATIETY; SELF REPORT; SUGAR INTAKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EATING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055176971     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025998     Document Type: Article

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