ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
To Mask or Not to Mask-Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids).
Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of wearing a surgical face mask on cognitive functioning and mood states: a randomised controlled trial in young adults.Cognitive processing · 2025Trial
- Influence of face masks on the subjective impairment at different physical workloads.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Mask-wearing behavior patterns among dental patients in post-pandemic China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Unintended consequences of measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Trends in Hospitalization and Mortality for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.Vaccines · 2023Article
- The effect of masks on cognitive performance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Effects of Wearing FFP2 Masks on SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates in Classrooms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Optimizing Missouri's Preparation for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Part 1.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
In the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, wearing a face mask is mandatory again during school lessons. There are no controlled studies in children to date indicating an effect on cognitive performance from wearing face masks. In a randomized controlled trial, we analysed the influence of face masks on cognitive performance of pupils during regular school lessons. Pupils (
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