Does having a drink help you think? 6–7-Year-old children show improvements in cognitive performance from baseline to test after having a drink of water
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Little research has examined the effect of water consumption on cognition in children. We examined whether drinking water improves performance from baseline to test in twenty-three 6-7-year-old children. There were significant interactions between time of test and water group (water/no water), with improvements in the water group on thirst and happiness ratings, visual attention and visual search, but not visual memory or visuomotor performance. These results indicate that even under conditions of mild dehydration, not as a result of exercise, intentional water deprivation or heat exposure, children's cognitive performance can be improved by having a drink of water.
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Adequate hydration is associated with improved cognitive functioning.
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- Authors
- Edmonds, C. J., & Jeffes, B.
- Affiliations
- University of East London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Edmonds, Caroline J.
- Venue
- Appetite
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 469-472
- ISSN
- 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2015822553
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 4.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- repository.uel.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Appetite (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (acceptedVersion)
- UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Keywords
- water consumption, hydration, cognitive performance, children, mild dehydration, thirst, visual attention, visual search, visual memory, visuomotor performance, happiness
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Child, Cognition, Dehydration, Drinking, Female, Happiness, Humans, Male, Memory, Thirst, Vision, Ocular, Water
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