Cognitive advantages of chewing gum. Now you see them, now you don't

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-328

  Onyper, Serge V ^a   Carr, Timothy L ^a   Farrar, John S ^a   Floyd, Brittney R ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Cognition; Executive function; Memory; Processing speed; Time

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHEWING GUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASTICATION; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE;

AROUSAL; CHEWING GUM; COGNITION; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959773202     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.313     Document Type: Article

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