Water consumption, not expectancies about water consumption, affects cognitive performance in adults

Appetite

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-153

  Edmonds, Caroline J ^a   Crombie, Rosanna ^a   Ballieux, Haiko ^a   Gardner, Mark R ^b   Dawkins, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Expectancy; Hydration; Water supplementation

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIRST; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THIRST; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868675662     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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