Gummed-up memory: Chewing gum impairs short-term recall

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-513

  Kozlov, Michail D ^a   Hughes, Robert W ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Mastication; Serial recall; Short term memory; Tapping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859491448     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.629054     Document Type: Article

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