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Self-Reported Nutritional Status, Executive Functions, And Cognitive Flexibility In Adults, Siamak Khodarahimi
Self-Reported Nutritional Status, Executive Functions, And Cognitive Flexibility In Adults, Siamak Khodarahimi
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between nutrition status, executive cognitive functions, and cognitive flexibility; and to analyze the role of gender, age, and nutrition status in the prediction of executive cognitive functions and cognitive flexibility in a sample of Iranian adults. Background. This study is based on the hierarchy of needs, health beliefs, developmental, cognitive and psychophysiological conceptualizations of nutrition and their plausible influences on human cognitive functions and cognitive flexibility.
Materials and Methods. The randomly selected sample consisted of 200 adult participants (M=99 and F=101) from Eghlid City, the north of Fars province, …