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. 2018 Sep 30;10(10):1386. doi: 10.3390/nu10101386

Table 2.

Cognitive tasks completed at baseline and 30 min post-dose in order of presentation (computerised location learning and driving ability are described below).

Task Descriptor Scoring Domain
Word presentation A series of words is displayed on the screen, one word at a time. In this case, 15 words were presented with a display time of 1 s and interstimulus interval of 1 s -
Immediate word recall Participants are instructed to write down the words that were presented. In this case, 60 s were given to complete the task Number correct and number of errors Episodic memory
Picture presentation A series of photographic images are displayed on the screen, one at a time. In this case, 15 images were presented with a display time of 2 s and an interstimulus interval of 1 s -
Simple reaction time An upwards pointing arrow is displayed on the screen at irregular intervals. Participants must respond as quickly as they can as soon as they see the arrow appear. In this case, 50 stimuli were presented Reaction time (ms) Attention
Digit vigilance A fixed number appears on the right of the screen and a series of changing numbers appear on the left of the screen at the rate of 150 per minute. Participants are required to make a response when the number on the left matches the number on the right. In this case the task lasted for 3 min Accuracy (%), reaction time for the correct responses (ms) and false alarms (number) Attention
Numeric working memory Five single target numbers are displayed on the screen, one at a time. Participants are required to memorise these numbers as they appear. Once the target series has been presented, numbers are displayed one at a time and participants are required to indicate if each number was presented in the previous list or not. In this case, three trials were completed Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) Working memory
Verbal fluency Participants are presented with a letter on screen and asked to write down as many words as they can, beginning with that letter. In this case, the letters presented were A, T, C, F, M, and S and 60 s were given to complete the task Number correct permitted words, with names and perseverations discounted from the total score Language
Delayed word recall Participants are instructed to write down the words that were presented to them at the beginning of the assessment. In this case, 60 s were given to complete the task Number correct and number of errors Episodic memory
Rapid visual information processing A continuous series of single digits are presented in the centre of the screen at the rate of 100 per minute. Participants are required to make a response when three consecutive odd or three consecutive even digits are displayed. In this case, the task lasted for 5 min, with eight correct target strings presented in each minute. Accuracy (%), reaction time for the correct responses (ms) and false alarms (number) Attention
Delayed word recognition All target words that were shown during Word presentation plus an equal number of decoys are displayed on the screen one at a time. Participants indicate if they remember seeing the word earlier or not. Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) Episodic memory
Delayed picture recognition All target pictures shown during Picture presentation plus an equal number of decoys are displayed on the screen one at a time. Participants indicate if they remember seeing the picture earlier or not. Accuracy (%) and reaction time for the correct responses (ms) Episodic memory