Glucose enhancement of human memory: A comprehensive research review of the glucose memory facilitation effect
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It will be suggested that glucose is a possible mechanism underlying the phenomenon that enhanced memory performance is typically observed for emotionally laden stimuli.About:
This article is published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 137 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neurocognitive.read more
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Table 1 Outcomes of studies investigating glucose modulation of memory in healthy elderly individuals. All studies below employed a repeated measures design and incorporated an overnight fasting regimen. Ticks indicate glucose enhancement of the specified cognitive domain, relative to a saccharin placebo. Dashes indicate that the specified cognitive domain was investigated, but no significant difference was observed between glucose and saccharin placebo conditions. 
Table 2 Outcomes of studies investigating glucose modulation of memory in younger adults. Ticks indicate glucose enhancement of the specified cognitive domain, relative to a saccharin or aspartame placebo. Dashes indicate that the specified cognitive domain was investigated, but no significant difference was observed between glucose and placebo conditions. The divided attention column indicates whether participants were required to encode memory materials under dual task conditions in studies in which verbal episodic memory was investigated. The design column indicates whether a between- or within- subjects design was employed for the glucose versus placebo comparison.
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