title: Chewing gum and concentration performance.
abstract: The effect of chewing gum on performance was examined. Four Grade 3 (8- to 9-year-olds) classes in a German primary school participated; 2 class-es chewed gum during a 16-min. concentration test. Chewing gum had a significant and positive effect on concentration performance.
authors.affiliation: University of Oldenburg, Therapy Centre Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. uwe.taenzer@uni-oldenburg.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tänzer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Fintel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eikermann
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001288:Attention; D002638:Chewing Gum; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance
chemical_list: D002638:Chewing Gum