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| Title |
The effect of breakfast cereal consumption on adolescents' cognitive performance and mood
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00789 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Margaret A. Defeyter, Riccardo Russo |
| Abstract |
The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of breakfast consumption on cognitive performance and mood in adolescents, and any interaction that breakfast consumption might have with cognitive load. The rationale for this approach was that the beneficial effects of any intervention with regard to cognitive function may be more readily apparent when more demands are placed on the system. Furthermore, as skipping breakfast is particularly prevalent within this age group, thus, we focused on adolescents who habitually skip breakfast. Cognitive load was modulated by varying the level of difficulty of a series of cognitive tasks tapping memory, attention, and executive functions. Mood measured with Bond-Lader scales (1974) as well as measures of thirst, hunger, and satiety were recorded at each test session both at baseline and after the completion of each test battery. Forty adolescents (mean age = 14:2) participated in this within-subjects design study. According to treatment, all participants were tested before and after the intake of a low Glycaemic index breakfast (i.e., a 35 g portion of AllBran and 125 ml semi-skimmed milk) and before and after no breakfast consumption. Assessment time had two levels: 8.00 am (baseline) and 10.45 am. The orders of cognitive load tasks were counterbalanced. Overall it appeared that following breakfast participants felt more alert, satiated, and content. Following breakfast consumption, there was evidence for improved cognitive performance across the school morning compared to breakfast omission in some tasks (e.g., Hard Word Recall, Serial 3's and Serial 7's). However, whilst participants performance on the hard version of each cognitive task was significantly poorer compared to the corresponding easy version, there was limited evidence to support the hypothesis that the effect of breakfast was greater in the more demanding versions of the tasks. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 25 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 24% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 14 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 22 | 88% |
| Scientists | 3 | 12% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 154 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 150 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
| Researcher | 12 | 8% |
| Professor | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 14% |
| Unknown | 48 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 30 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 23 | 15% |
| Unknown | 52 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 48. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 October 2019.
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