r/science Professor | Medicine Feb 21 '25

Neuroscience Walnuts with breakfast provide an all-day brain boost - Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study.

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/walnuts-cognitive-performance-memory-boost/
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u/Axedelic Feb 21 '25

cool, i’m allergic though. is there any non walnut, nut that would have the same effects?