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Glucose levels are not associated with common features-derived prototype memory abstractions
N Baldwin1, P A Ament, J J Ryan
1Department of Psychology and Counselor Education, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg 64093, USA.
Psychological Reports
|October 12, 2000
Abstract:
Elevated glucose levels are associated with increased recall on declarative memory tasks. No previous studies have examined such a relationship using a common features-derived prototype memory abstraction task. 20 participants volunteered, 10 each in an experimental group who were given 40 g of glucose to drink and a control group given an artificially sweetened beverage after fasting. Analysis indicated that common features-derived prototype memory abstractions seem resistant to glucose fluctuations.