10 Weird Things You Didn't Know Could Make You Smarter
7. Chewing Gum
Yet another activity that many people were berated for doing at school (or even at work), but which is actually an effective booster of mental performance. There have been several studies on why gum has this effect; turns out its due to the rather pornographic sounding mastication-induced arousal. Basically this means that chewing actually wakes our brains up and focuses them on the task at hand. If its all down to the chewing process rather that the gum itself, surely that means any kind of mastication will temporarily make you smarter? So next time youre in a test, stuck on a hard question and have no gum at hand, take a sneaky bite out your table and have a chew on it. Anyone who notices this will undoubtedly identify you as the potential genius you are.
Lover of all things PC. A fan of inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin. Remembers when 'geek' was an insult. Still passionately believes Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines was the greatest game ever made.
