date:Sep 28, 2012
Study details
Macpherson and her co-workers recruited 56 elderly women to participate in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned to receive the daily multivitamin or placebo for 16 weeks. Brain activity was measured using the steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) measure.
Data for 41 women was available for analysis, and results showed that, compared to placebo, the women in the multivitamin group displayed delayed SSVEP latency duri