Chew gum It is associated with a custom of young people, however, every day there are more adults who resort to it to release tension and if not, tell the Real Madrid coach, Charles Ancelotti that he chews gum almost compulsively although, as he himself revealed, he only does it during matches: «The gum that helps me control tension. During the game I am calm », he affirmed.
And
study published in
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health concluded that chewing gum twice a day for two weeks
reduced anxiety, depression, fatigue and other mental illnesses. Therefore, according to the study, chewing gum is a popular and convenient way to help relieve stress and improve concentration.
Other job from the Faculty of Psychology at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, showed in a study with 133 volunteers that chewing gum was associated with a heightened alertness and a more positive mood. Chewing gum also improved selective and sustained attention. Heart rate and cortisol levels were higher while chewing, confirming the alerting effect of chewing gum.
Overall, the results suggest that chewing gum produces a number of benefits that are generally observed and not context dependent.
brain performance
Studies carried out in the
University of Saint Lawrence in New York indicate that chewing gum for five minutes
improve brain performance due to the production of blood flow in the brain produced by chewing. In it
study, chewing gum was associated with performance advantages on multiple measures when gum was chewed for 5 min before, but not during, cognitive tests. However, the benefits persisted
only for the first 15 to 20 min of the testing session, and did not extend to all cognitive domains. To explain this pattern of results, it is proposed that the time-limited nature of the performance benefits may be attributed to chewing-induced arousal. Furthermore, the lack of improvement in cognitive function when chewing gum during the test may be due to interference effects due to the fact that the
cognitive and masticatory processes share resources. This dual process mechanism is not only consistent with the result of current experiments, but can potentially explain a wide range of findings reported in the literature.
The study looked at the performance of three groups of students. The first group chewed gum 5 minutes before the exam, the second during it and the third were not provided with the candy. The results were positive for the first group while not for the other two.
