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ArticleNutrients2020

Beneficial Effects of Dark Chocolate for Episodic Memory in Healthy Young Adults: A Parallel-Groups Acute Intervention with a White Chocolate Control.

Daniel J Lamport, Eleni Christodoulou, Christina Achilleos

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Article in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Daniel J LamportSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG1 1AR, UK.
Eleni ChristodoulouSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG1 1AR, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8874-7632
Christina AchilleosSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG1 1AR, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is good evidence that cocoa flavonoids can acutely improve cognitive function in humans, possibly via mechanisms such as increased cerebral blood flow. To date, much of the evidence is based on measures of executive function with extracts and cocoa-based interventions with a high flavonoid content. The aim of the present study was to explore whether benefits to episodic verbal memory and mood are observed two hours post consumption of a commercially available dark chocolate (DC) bar relative to a 35 g white chocolate bar (WC). Ninety-eight healthy young adults (

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ChocolateMemory, EpisodicAdolescentAffectCognitionExecutive FunctionFemaleFlavonoidsHumansLearningMaleMemoryPolyphenolsTime FactorsVerbal BehaviorYoung AdultFlavonoidsPolyphenolscocoacognitioncognitive functionepisodic memoryflavonoidsmemorypolyphenols

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PMID32075015
PMCPMC7071338

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