This was due to "poor cognitive data" What does that mean? Well, according to the study, it means that these kids had results that were considered 'outliers' or 'poor performance'pic.twitter.com/70Z3ZHH8rl
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I.e. if you look just at kids when they were in the AL condition (drinking as much water as they wanted), those who had more concentrated urine appeared to be slightly less accurate on some cognitive tests
But remember - there was no difference between conditions In other words, perhaps dehydration affects cognition, but drinking more/less water doesn't appear to make any difference
Here's the main table of results As you can see, there are really very few differences between the three groups on any test for reaction time or accuracypic.twitter.com/jdzJ4do8AH
Moreover, it's very hard to tell if the statistical tests were controlled for multiple comparisons, which is concerning because many of the p-values were between 0.03-0.05pic.twitter.com/kCMktXnc3t
And, reminder, this was an industry-funded trial, which makes the reporting of the apparently negative findings even more worrying
Also worth noting that the study didn't really look at multitasking per se, this was based on an extrapolation from the within-group tests that looked at cognitive load!
TO RECAP: - industry-funded trial - potential issues with study design - strange numbers - results NEGATIVE for primary outcome - didn't look at multitasking - somehow still reported as "water helps multitasking"
P.S. I forgot to mention that I don't think you can call a trial measuring low water intake to high water intake a trial of water It's a trial of dehydrationpic.twitter.com/g6Hv4gyR0h
I mean, imagine measuring cognitive ability in people who hadn't eaten in days vs those who'd eaten plenty It's a ridiculous thing to test in the first place!
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