But there's more!
The pre-registration completely contradicts the study protocol in numerous ways
The number of participants, age brackets, intervention arm protocol, inclusion/exclusion criteria, testing schedule, and outcome measures are different!
That's 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!
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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"
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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
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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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