A few years ago I came across a cleanly done empirical study that found a high and strong positive relationship between chewing gum and test performance. They had both a a sham chewing condition and a nothing condition as controls. I'll have to dig around....
I always thought it would be a clever study for students to replicate but had no takers. Sigh. Why do students have such an aversion to research? I try to find the most engaging studies for them to replicate....I guess it's work. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:25:05 -0600 >From: Rick Froman <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] Cognitive effects of chewing gum >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >I saw some footnotes in an ad in Sports Illustrated for Wrigley's gum. Following up at: > >http://wrigleygumisgood.com/focus_concentration_alertness.html > >produces reports of various ways that chewing gum can improve cognition. > >Looks like an interesting site to investigate in Research Methods. > >The initial ad caught my eye with a reference to an article in Psychological Science: > >Yue, Z., Huang, L., & Zhou, X. (2006). Regional brain activities during gum chewing. Psychological Science, 29, 1153-1156. > >The original ad in Sports Illustrated was on p. 87 of the December 29, 2008 issue. > > >Rick > >Dr. Rick Froman, Chair >Division of Humanities and Social Sciences >John Brown University >Siloam Springs, AR 72761 >[email protected] > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
