The MIND diet was developed by Martha Morris and several others at Rush University Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health. The first two articles listed below are the first full articles published about the MIND diet. Those below are primary sources that the MIND diet articles cite.

Morris, M. C., Tangney, C. C., Wang, Y., Sacks, F. M., Bennett, D. A., & Aggarwal, N. T. (2015a). MIND diet associated with reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, published online Feb. 11, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2014.11.009

Morris, M. C., Tangney, C. C., Wang, Y., Sacks, F. M., Barnes, L. L., Bennett, D. A., & Aggarwal, N. T. (2015b). Mediterranean-dietary approach to systolic hypertension diet intervention for neurodegenerative delay diet slows cognitive decline with aging. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, published online June 15, 2015.  doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2015.04.011  (this article was also published online with the shorter title ‘MIND diet slows cognitive decline with aging.’)

The articles above do not fully describe all of the research on which the MIND diet is based. They cite several articles from which they drew:

[13] Tangney CC, Li H, Wang Y, Barnes LL, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, et al. Relation of DASH- and Mediterranean-like dietary patterns on cognitive decline in older persons. Neurology 2014;83:1410–1416

[20] Barnes JL, Tian M, Edens NK, Morris MC. Consideration of nutrient levels in studies of cognitive decline: A review. Nutr Rev 2014; 72:707–719.

[21] Morris MC. Nutritional determinants of cognitive aging and dementia. Proc Nutr Soc 2012;71:1–13.

[22] Morris MC, Tangney CC. Dietary fat composition and dementia risk. Neurobiol Aging 2014;35 Suppl 2:S59–64.