Thinking and memory are directly related to chewing movements. Another confirmation of this was presented at the International Congress of Gerontologists of Asia and Oceania, held in Tokyo.

Japanese scientists from Tohoku University have revealed a connection between the number of teeth and the work of the hippocampus-a part of the temporal lobes of the brain responsible for short-term memory and information processing. The results of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, conducted by more than a thousand elderly people, showed that the less they have teeth left, the less the volume of the hippocampus, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net It's been known for a long time that the chewing process (for example, chewing gum) relieves stress, stimulates thinking and improves memory, but only the assumptions about the mechanism of such influence. The new results presented at the congress pretend to be the missing brick in the system of facts proving the effect of chewing movements on brain function. But most scientists are still skeptical, pointing out that "after this" does not mean "as a consequence". While the mechanism of the human brain will not be studied carefully, to make any unambiguous conclusions early.

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