Test Shows Junk Food's Alarming Impact on Human Cognition

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:28:02 +0000

In a one-of-a-kind new study, researchers have linked diets high in fat and sugar with lower cognitive skills — suggesting that sort of "junk food" may be bad for our brains as well as our bodies. As psychology researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia explain in a new paper published in the International Journal of Obesity, findings from a unique battery of virtual reality (VR) tests suggest that younger people who eat a lot of junk exhibit poorer spatial navigation and memory s