Elias’ chocolate study focus of BDN editorial
Recent research conducted by Merrill “Pete” Elias, a University of Maine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, was the focus of the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why you should just eat that chocolate.” A recent study conducted by a team including Elias and researchers from the University of South Australia and Luxembourg Institute of Health, found chocolate intake is associated with better cognitive function. After tracking about 1,000 people for more than 35 years, the researchers did not find a rise in intelligence, but determined “people who ate chocolate on a regular basis performed better on cognitive functions than people who did not,” Elias said.