Dehydration Influences Mood And Cognition By David Benton

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David Benton explores the effects of dehydration on the behavior and cognition of different age groups in his scholarly article “Dehydration Influences Mood and Cognition: A Plausible Hypothesis?” Although not all studies investigating the relationship between these factors have been consistent, Benton expresses that one age group, children between seven and nine years old, has produced consistent results in four separate studies of dehydration and its effect on brain and behavior. Benton describes each of these four studies in greater detail and reveals that dehydration negatively impacts both memory and visual attention of young children in school. In addition, Benton relates the limited or prohibited water access in school to dehydration,

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