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ArticleArchives of women's mental health2024

Being underweight, academic performance and cognitive control in undergraduate women.

Mohamed Aly, Toru Ishihara, Suguru Torii, Keita Kamijo

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Article in Archives of women's mental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Mohamed AlyFaculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.
Toru IshiharaGraduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Suguru ToriiFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Keita KamijoFaculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan. k-kamijo@lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp.

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JSPS KAKENHI 26702030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of underweight among young women is a serious international health issue. However, the evidence on how being underweight negatively affects brain health and cognition is still unclear. This study investigated the association between underweight status, academic performance, and neurocognitive control in young Japanese women using a cross-sectional design. We analyzed the academic performance of female undergraduates, comparing underweight and healthy-weight groups (n = 43; age 18-23 years, M = 21.1, SD = 1.3) based on their grade point average (GPA). We also analyzed their error-related negativity (ERN), an electrophysiological measure that potentially reflects academic performance, during an arrowhead version of the flanker task to assess cognitive control of action monitoring. Participants with a low body mass index were found to have lower GPAs. Furthermore, the underweight students exhibited smaller ERN amplitudes, which indicates decreased cognitive control in action monitoring. These findings suggest that a healthy weight status is essential for effective cognitive functioning and academic success in young adult women, among whom being underweight is a serious health problem.

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Academic PerformanceThinnessAdolescentAdultCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansStudentsYoung AdultBody mass indexError-related negativityInhibitory controlLeanScholastic abilityYoung women

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PMID38082003

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