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The effect of the consumption of water on the memory and attention of children

David Benton, Naomi Burgess

Appetite, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 143 - 146

Swansea University Author: David Benton

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Abstract

The impact of asking children to drink water during their school days, and its possible influence on schoolperformance, has been little considered using intervention studies. Therefore in the afternoon thecognitive functioning of 40 children (mean of 8 years and 7 months) was assessed twice, once af...

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Published in: Appetite
ISSN: 0195-6663
Published: 2009
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9071
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Abstract: The impact of asking children to drink water during their school days, and its possible influence on schoolperformance, has been little considered using intervention studies. Therefore in the afternoon thecognitive functioning of 40 children (mean of 8 years and 7 months) was assessed twice, once afterdrinking 300 ml of water and on another day when no water was provided. Memory was assessed by therecall of 15 previously presented objects. Recall was significantly better on the occasions when water hadbeen consumed. The ability to sustain attention was measured by asking the child to respond to a lightthat followed an auditory warning after a delay of either 3 or 12 s. The ability to sustain attention was notsignificantly influenced by whether water had been drunk.
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Issue: 1
Start Page: 143
End Page: 146