95-102Present study aims to evaluate the effects
of nutraceutical and psychological interventions individually and in
combination, on various cognitive functions of healthy human subjects. Twenty four healthy subjects were
recruited and subdivided into three intervention groups, i.e. nutraceutical,
psychological and combined. Pre- (base
line) &
post-intervention performance levels of all the subjects were established for
each cognitive function using neuropsychological tests. These were further
compared to understand the effect of interventions on the cognitive functions.
A polyherbal liquid formulation<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> was administered as Nutraceutical
Intervention. Twelve sessions of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy were given as
Psychological Intervention. Combined intervention consisted of Nutraceutical
& Psychological Interventions together. All the interventions were
administered for a period of 3 months each. Results of the study indicate significant
improvement in overall memory and attention in all the intervention groups.
Immediate memory was also found to be improved significantly in psychological
and combined intervention group<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold" lang="EN-GB">s<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold" lang="EN-US">. However individual pre and post analysis indicated improvement in
immediate memory in most of the subjects in all the intervention groups Combined
intervention has shown significant improvement in all the cognitive functions except
in cognitive processing speed, planning and organizing abilities. The findings of present study, thus, indicate that the nutraceutical
and psychological interventions
(used in this study) are likely to have positive influence on the cognitive
functions of healthy human subjects. However, better results were obtained when
used in combination.
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