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The Effects Of Low-Sugar Diets On Behavior And Paired-Associate Learning In Normal Children, Elizabeth Louise Eller
The Effects Of Low-Sugar Diets On Behavior And Paired-Associate Learning In Normal Children, Elizabeth Louise Eller
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An experiment was conducted to determine whether reduced sugar diets improve learning and/or alter behavior in normal children . The 14 Ss--seven males and seven females- -were elementary school students, ranging in age from 8.01 to 10.06, matched for age, sex, race, and SES, and screened for med i cation and learning disabilities . They were sequentially assigned to low- sugar and usual diet groups for two - and four- week periods . In a pretest-pottest design, assessment instruments were a paired- associate (PA) learning task and a Nutrition Behavior Inventory {NBI) . The pretest mean NB! indicated at least …