Glucoregulatory and Order Effects on Verbal Episodic Memory in Healthy Adolescents After Oral Glucose Administration
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science, Psychology
School
School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science
RAS ID
5813
Abstract
The ingestion of oral glucose has been observed to facilitate memory performance in both elderly individuals and in young adults. However, fewer studies have investigated the effect of glucose on memory in children or adolescents. In the present study, the ingestion of a glucose laden drink was observed to enhance verbal episodic memory performance in healthy adolescents under conditions of divided attention, relative to a placebo drink. Further analyses found that this glucose memory facilitation effect was observed only in adolescents exhibiting better glucoregulatory efficiency. These findings demonstrate that the glucose memory facilitation effect can be generalised to younger individuals. The importance of controlling for treatment order in within-subjects designs investigating the glucose memory enhancement effect is also discussed
DOI
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.05.001
Comments
Smith, M., & Foster, J. K. (2008). Glucoregulatory and Order Effects on Verbal Episodic Memory in Healthy Adolescents After Oral Glucose Administration. Biological Psychology, 79(2), 209-215. Available here