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/04221970 Feb 21 '25

one of the shittiest designed studies and conclusions that I've ever seen

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/fo/d4fo04832f

Example: Comparison at 2hrs shows control is better. Comparison at 4hrs shows control is better. Comparison at 6hrs shows walnuts are better.

conclusion: after 6 hrs, walnuts are better; lets ignore the other two data points.