George G Bear, Chunyan Yang, Dandan Chen, Xianyou He, Jia-Shu Xie, Xishan Huang
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walnuts contain number potentially neuroprotective compounds like vitamin e folate melatonin several antioxidative polyphenols significant amounts n3 linolenic fatty acid present study sought determine effect walnuts verbal nonverbal reasoning memory mood total sixtyfour college students randomly assigned two treatment sequences crossover fashion walnutsplacebo placebowalnuts baseline data collected nonverbal reasoning verbal reasoning memory mood states data collected 8 weeks intervention 6 weeks washout intervention groups followed diets reverse order data collected end 8week intervention period significant increases detected mood nonverbal reasoning memory walnutsupplemented diet however inferential verbal reasoning increased significantly 112 indicating medium effect size p 0009 0567 young healthy normal adults walnuts appear improve memory mood nonverbal reasoning abilities however walnuts may ability increase inferential reasoning