The scholarly article studied the relationship between hydration and memory. The study conducted assessed older adults because these individuals are more sensitive to dehydration. This is because aging adults have “strained muscle mass” and a reduced thirst alert system, often leading to “involuntary dehydration” (Suhr, Patterson, Austin, Heffner 2010, p.840). The article reveals, recent studies have detected a distinction between learning and memory to increased blood pressure. These studies have also discovered dehydration can cause an increase in blood pressure because there is an elevated volume of blood cells. The authors duplicated this study with aging adults in hope to identify the role blood pressure played in dehydration and memory
