RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06386237

Nutritional Modulation of Cognition and Brain Activity

Nutritional Modulation of Learning and Decision Making and Their Underlying Neural Processes


Sponsor

University of Vienna

Enrollment

40 participants

Start Date

Apr 8, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of different meal interventions on cognition (i.e., learning and decision making) and brain activity in healthy participants.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 40 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

  • to 40 years old
  • fluent in German
  • right-handed
  • able to safely undergo MRI scanning
  • BMI (Body-Mass-Index) between 18.5 and 29.9 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria9

  • current medication that might interfere with the processes studied
  • any metabolic, gastrointestinal, cardiological, neurological, psychiatric or any recurring or chronic diagnoses
  • drug use
  • alcohol consumption > 10 g/d for women and > 20 g/d for men
  • smoking
  • shifted circadian rhythm (e.g. jetlag, shift work)
  • vegan or vegetarian diet
  • food intolerances
  • females: hormonal contraception, pregnancy, lactation

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Interventions

OTHERDietary intervention: Standardized breakfast with varying amounts of macronutrients (in particular carbohydrate/protein ratios)

Participants receive a standardized meal with one type of macronutrient composition in one experimental session and the other type in a different experimental session a few days apart (within-subjects crossover design; i.e. order counterbalanced)


Locations(1)

University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

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