The Impact of Short-Term Food Deprivation on Cognitive Perseverance

The Impact of Short-Term Food Deprivation on Cognitive Perseverance

Introduction

The ability of people to focus on tasks is interrupted by many things. The environmental factors can be controlled to some extent by people (Green et al, 1995). However, what of the internal factors that cause distraction such as the empty stomachs? Can focusing ability be increased by simply regularly eating? Earlier investigations on the effects of starvation and food deprivation got that food deprivation for long term (36 hours and longer) was linked to depression, sluggishness, reduced heart rate, irritability and concentration inability (DeRose et al, 1998). Moreover, Kowalski (1987) points out that another research found that several days of fasting produced…