more preserved, especially if the method used to induce
dehydration is moderate physical exercise. Campaigns are
required to educate and promote awareness among the general
population about the importance of looking after their
hydration levels on a daily basis. Such campaigns require a
solid base of new evidence, both scientic and clinical, from
the study of large samples of participants of both genders, with
suitable control of factors that are known to lead to biased
results. This would enable a more in-depth understanding of the
effects of dehydration on cognitive performance and allow a
more reliable extrapolation of the results to the general
population.
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