Chewing and Cognitive Improvement: The Side Matters
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Posted on 11-11-2022 02:18 PM
But that’s not the end of the story. I was surprised to learn that there’s actually a great deal of research on the topic of chewing gum and cognitive benefits/detriments. This study itself was an extension of an earlier study in 2002 which was, for the sake of clarity, let’s say “pro-gum. ”the auditory task described above is called the “bakan task” (named after paul bakan, from a paper he had published in 1959 ) and was considered by morgan and her colleagues to be an improvement over other research methodologies. There were several studies which found the opposite effect — that chewing gum makes it harder to concentrate — but the improvement in methodology is notable.
How chewing gum can boost your brain power
Those who chewed gum had the most positive results. This was true especially of tests right after seeing the visual information and after a twenty-five-minute interval. The people who pretended to chew gum scored lower than those actually chewing gum but still had slightly better scores than the control group who sat quietly.
An interesting difference in the three groups’ physical responses may point to at least one reason why chewing gum stimulates the brain. The heart rates of the group that chewed gum were higher than the group that pretended to chew gum and much higher than the control group.
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Researchers at st. Lawrence university found a distinct "gum advantage" in tests taken by "chewing" and "nonchewing" students. The effect lasted 20 minutes. It seems chewing wakes people up. Renee montagne, host: good morning. I'm renee montagne. It's a test of the absolute minimum of what one can do - chew gum and walk at the same time. Ok, you smart alecks, turns out chewing gum really can boost brain power. Researchers at st. Lawrence university found a distinct gum advantage in tests taken by chewing and non-chewing students. That effect lasts 20 minutes. It seems chewing wakes people up, which makes one wonder whether gum should really be banned in schools.
Interactions Between Chewing and Brain Activity in Humans
Brain mechanisms underlying mastication have been studied in non-human mammals but less so in humans. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) to evaluate brain activity in humans during gum chewing. Chewing was associated with activations in the cerebellum, motor cortex and caudate, cingulate, and brainstem. We also divided the 25-second chew-blocks into 5 segments of equal 5-second durations and evaluated activations within and between each of the 5 segments. This analysis revealed activation clusters unique to the initial segment, which may indicate brain regions involved with initiating chewing. Several clusters were uniquely activated during the last segment as well, which may represent brain regions involved with anticipatory or motor events associated with the end of the chew-block.
Chewing gum has been linked to concentration thru studies showing that people who chew gum during an assessment might do better than a person who is not. This is do to the fact that while chewing gum your concentration rate goes up and allows you to focus more on the assessment given. The brain is set up with two systems one is your involuntary this is the system that collects stimuli and process it. It’s the system that makes automatic decisions for us, like turning our heads when we hear our names called or freezing when we see a spider.
London: it's official! researchers have found scientific evidence to confirm that chewing gum can speed up thinking and make you more alert. A new study reported in the journal brain and cognition found that reaction times are up to 10 per cent faster while chewing gum, and that as many as eight different areas of the brain are affected.