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Table 6 Performance in the RAVLT after 4 weeks consumption of the active- versus the control diet1

From: A diet based on multiple functional concepts improves cognitive performance in healthy subjects

RAVLT, trials no. 1-10

 

Active diet

Control diet

1: List 1

12.0 ± 0.73

11.3 ± 0.64

2: List 1

16.8 ± 0.73

15.9 ± 0.80

3: List 1

20.1 ± 0.72

20.0 ± 0.75

4: List 1

21.8 ± 0.71

21.8 ± 0.77

5: List 1 (best learning)

22.7 ± 0.68

22.9 ± 0.74

1-5: List 1 (mean learning 1–5)

18.6 ± 0.65

18.4 ± 0.69

6: List 2 (PI)

9.3 ± 0.62

9.6 ± 0.70

7: List 1 (RI)

21.0 ± 0.80

20.7 ± 0.86

8: 20 min pause. List 1

21.7 ± 0.80

21.7 ± 0.95

9: List 3 (Recognition)

28.0 ± 0.51

27.2 ± 0.69*

10: List 1 (Order of listed nouns)

17.1 ± 0.64

16.0 ± 0.59

  1. 1 RAVLT: The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning test.
  2. *: p < 0.05 for the differences in performance in RAVLT no. 9 after the active diet in comparison to after the control diet. Data are given as means per treatment ± SEM, n = 42. PI proactive interference, RI retroactive interference.