Research Article
Allium sativum L. Improves Visual Memory and Attention in Healthy Human Volunteers
Table 3
Executive function tests.
| | Neuropsychological Tests | Group A () | Group B () | | | | | Baseline | After 5 weeks | Baseline | After 5 weeks |
| | Executive function tests | Intra-Extra Dimensional Shift (IED) | IED total trials (adjusted) | 102.56 (46.41) | 83.44 (53.74) | 83.9 (29.43) | 86.4 (30.77) | | IED total errors (adjusted) | 26.67 (24.01) | 34 (40.27) | 18.3 (15.33) | 18.3 (16.69) | | IED stages completed | 8.56 (0.89) | 10.67 (6.96) | 8.8 (0.63) | 8.8 (0.63) | | One Touch Stockings of Cambridge (OTS) | OTS problems solved on first choice | 16.44 (2.74) | 17.67 (1.94) | 18 (1.41) | 17.1 (3.67) | | OTS mean choices to correct (5 moves) | 1.56 (0.66) | 1.33 (0.25) | 1.3 (0.3) | 1.55 (0.98) | | OTS mean latency to first choice | 9411.36 (2732.18) | 10288 (5455.87) | 9126.665 (3188.54) | 8361.15 (4089.61) | | OTS mean latency to first choice (5 moves) | 16032 (4007.63) | 19483 (11173.4) | 19847 (9504.19) | 18191 (12756) | | OTS mean latency to correct (5 moves) | 23456 (12300.8) | 25025 (30267.8) | 21598 (9305.57) | 19581 (12484.8) | | Spatial Working Memory (SWM) | SWM between errors | 31.44 (16.55) | 30.22 (24.42) | 38.9 (24.17) | 33.2 (24.26) | | SWM strategy | 27.11 (4.86) | 25.56 (6.88) | 31.7 (8.33) | 29.5 (6.55) |
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The values are expressed as “mean (SD)” and none of the parameters were statistically significant in the executive function tests.
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