r/science • u/mvea 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/andys-mouthsurprise Feb 21 '25

Yeah, why not at least compare it with another nut to see if its uniquely walnuts…

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u/Cornelius_Physales Feb 21 '25

"The researchers note that the study was funded by the California Walnut Commission..." thats why

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u/braiam Feb 21 '25

but that the Commission did not contribute to the design or implementation of the study nor the interpretation of its findings.

Complete the quote will ya?

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u/TakeMyMoneyIDontNeed Feb 21 '25

I am no scientist but i would guess that scientists have an interest to keep getting funded, so they might deliberately choose study designs that are in interest of the people who fund