Impaired glucose regulation is associated with poorer performance on the Stroop Task

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-119

  Gluck, Marci E ^a   Ziker, Cindy ^a   Schwegler, Matthew ^a   Thearle, Marie ^a   Votruba, Susanne B ^a   Krakoff, Jonathan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Executive function; Insulin; Interference; Obesity; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE REGULATION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INSULIN; INTERFERENCE; OBESITY; PROCESSING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84884719257     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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