Does chewing gum improve your memory? What do you think? And psychologists of the University of Northumbria have proved that!!!! The research was conducted at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle. 75 participants in the study were asked to take part in a 20-minute memory test in which: * One third of the participants chewed gum * One third carried out the motions of chewing gum, without any actual gum * A one-third control group did not chew gum The researchers have found that recall was improved by 35% among participants who chewed gum, most significantly in delayed word recall tests; perhaps indicating possible benefits for students revising for, and taking exams, chewing gum. In a more recent experiment, Edward McLaughlin (2007) repeated the study with Wrigley's 5 gum at Cornell University and found similar improvements in recall and concentration among the participants. There are several explanations for that. Scientists say that chewing gum raises the heart beat by around 3 BPM, increasing blood flow in the cerebral area, which could explain the improvement in such brain activity. So, guys, when your teachers order you not to chew during the lessons, you may answer: "I'm just doing my best to remember everything you're speaking about!"
Our memory works better any time we do some action while we are trying to memorize something. Our brain doesn't concentrate on what we want to keep in our memory, so it works better. Every time I want to memorize something, while doing it I'm just walking from pillar to post.
Oh, thank you miss for such a useful piece of advice! I relly have a problem with memorizing all my cues and roles(I'm a great actor, you know), and now I'll be able to manage it!!! By the way, I prefer Orbit "Red-ripe Cherry" - as tasty, as red-ripe cherry!))
It's quite obvious though it is not because of chewing gum. It can be anything. Try to recall some of your own thinking patterns when yopu had to solve a problem or study: Do you often feel like eating something? Do you put a pen or a pencil into the mouth sucking at it, or playing with it in the mouth, or beating with it on the lips or on your head? This is our body language that accompanies our feelings or thinking processes. I doubt that memory worked better because of chewing gum.
