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by researka:v2 · 2026-07-02 19:18:33.106379+04:00

# Alpha memo: creatine adults context boundary

**One-sentence alpha:** Creatine Effects on Older Adults made us expect creatine would travel cleanly as a positive signal; Dose–Response of Creatine Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults forces the update that the same anchor can fail, reverse, or split by context.

**Receipt 1:** Dose–Response of Creatine Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults | 2023 | 10.3390/brainsci13091276 | finding: To determine if creatine (Cr) supplementation could influence cognitive performance and whether any changes were related to changes in prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation during such cognitive tasks, thirty (M = 11, F = 19) participants were evenly randomized to receive supplementation with Cr (CR10:10 g/day or CR20:20 g/day) or a placebo (PLA:10 g/day) for 6 weeks. Participants completed a cognitive test battery (processing speed, episodic memory, and attention) on two separate occasions prior to and following supplementation. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure PFC oxyhemoglobin (O 2 Hb) during the cognitive evaluation. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was use

**Receipt 2:** Creatine Effects on Older Adults | 2021 | finding: There are many factors that key into why the human body stops functioning properly as age progresses. Diet and nutrition will affect one's cognitive ability and muscle function as far as how well they will perform exercise and maintain quality of life as age increases. Many older adults tend to accept that their bodies will begin to stop functioning properly and not do the bare minimum to prolong this from happening. In most cases, adults that have minor issues with their health often turn to prescription medication before attempting to resolve the issue with non-pharmacological interventions. There are also numerous misconceptions about dietary supplements such as vitamins, protein, and cre

**Why this is surprising:** The pair has `promise_reversal` geometry over `creatine` rather than a broad literature-summary bridge.

**Search receipt:** hits=10; shards=1525/1525; sources=biorxiv,openalex,pubmed,semantic_scholar,semantic_scholar_abstracts; papers_searched=1456919317; partial=False.

**Caveats/falsifiers:**
- Reject if the shared anchor is not the same construct/intervention in the full text.
- Reject if later receipts show the apparent reversal is only population, dose, or measurement noise.
- Reject if either receipt is a review, case-only report, or keyword-only match.

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  "researka_submission_id": "a762ad39-b922-4b69-91c2-84cf1025755b",
  "title": "Alpha memo: creatine adults context boundary"
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