Ginkgo and Improved Working Memory

• The Effect of Polyphenols on Working and Episodic Memory in Non-pathological and Pathological Aging: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2022-01-26
  • Systematic Review · n = 20
  • Frontiers in nutrition 8
  • • Karin de Vries
    • Evelyn Medawar
    • Aniko Korosi
    • A Veronica Witte

  • PubMed: 35155509
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.720756

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Working Memory

  • High evidence
  • Mixed

  Ginkgo biloba and isoflavones did not show benefits in subgroup meta-analyses

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• Does a Polyherbal Medicine Enhance Cognition in Healthy Older Adults? An Exploratory Open-Label Study.

  • 2025-01-31
  • Clinical Trial
  • Journal of integrative and complementary medicine 31(2)
  • • Evelin Tiralongo
    • Vanessa Vigar
    • Keith Potent
    • Robert S Ware

  • PubMed: 39534953
  • DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2023.0620

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Working Memory

  • Moderate evidence
  • Elderly

  Significant improvement in working memory was observed. Errors in the Paired Associate Learning (PAL) task and spatial working memory reduced by -7.9 (95%CI: -12.3, -3.5) and -3.3 (95%CI: -6.3, -0.3) respectively, while PAL memory score increased by 2.0 (95%CI: 0.9, 3.1).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes