Does chewing gum improve memory? Do you have any experience with this? I'd love to know.?

Answer 1

I experimented with this for more than a year but I can't remember what I came up with?

Answer 2

It's not really about the chewing gum, it's its smell... The sense of SMELL is linked 2 memory and everytime U smell something you've smelled b4, It'll trigger memories.

I've used the same perfume while I was studying/taking the test, and I DID remember many things.

Once, I went 2 the dentist 2 get 4 molars extracted (I was sedated), long story short: The anesthesiologist had this DISGUSTING smell (some kind of CHEAP perfume), and now, everytime I smell that same "perfume", I get sick 2 my stomach. :0( :0( :0(

Word of advice: If you use "perfume" or "eau de toilette", or whatever, don't use a CHEAP (and I'm NOT talking about $$$) one! Or else you'll b remembered as the "stinker"!!! On the other hand, if U use "BLUE LABEL" (Gyvenchy), "CURVE" (Liz Claiborne, "360º" (Perry Ellis) & many more, you'll always leave a mark... And a GOOD one! (I ADORE men who leave a "wave of smell" when they walk by me! I know I'll NEVER forget my ex-boyfriends! (they use those perfumes).

Hope this helped.

Answer 3

Chewing gum is a reflex action. A simple study has been performed in which people who were studying a 'exam' would be squeezing a tension ball in their hand, or chewing gum, or twirling a pencil, and then took a test while doing each of them respectively. Then a test group who did these things first and then took the 'exam' without these things in their hand. And a group who studied while resting with nothing to do, and then took the test with these things.
They found that if you do something you were doing while trying to recall something , the neuron pathways are more easily accessed if you are doing that exercise or task while thinking about what you were trying to remember. (I forgot what I was trying to say) Oh yeah, They found that in this case that if you were not chewing gum (or not doing any of these tasks) and then you were chewing gum while trying to recall, it was actually a distraction to the recall process.
To sum it up, study things that you need to remember - in the same state in which you will be asked to recall.

Answer 4

no it doesn't because I've been chewing gum for 10 years and I'm fourteen and I don't have alot of memories and I still don't have very many memories

Answer 5

Chewing does not improve memory but it does give you gas and a sore jaw.

Answer 6

I've lost my come then chewed a piece of gum. I suddenly realized where it as, I left it at my cousin's house.

Answer 7

That's what i heard. I do have experiences, but I don't think it's like ginko biloba. it just relaxes u, and when ur focusing on something so simple as chewing gum, ur other brain cells gradually ease up, and u can remember things that ur brain blocked before when u were tense and anxious.

Answer 8

Logically, can you think of any reason why that would be? That makes no sense to me. Doing crosswords improves memory.That would be like saying that cutting your toenails improves memory.I ate lunch today...does that mean I have less chances of memory loss?

Answer 9

I don't know about improving your memory but it sures is good.

Answer 10

Thats what my teacher gaves us before a major exam and it did work for me and it actually helped me concentrate better! Or maybe I was just lucky lol!