Teeth affect memory: study

[Champ]

WHEN your dentist pulls an aching tooth they could be yanking out some of your memory at the same time, according to a new Swedish study to be presented in Stockholm tomorrow.

"Teeth appear to be of the utmost importance to our memories," Jan Bergdahl, an associate psychology professor at the Umeaa University in northern Sweden, a dentist and one of the authors of the study, said today.

For the study, which is part of a broader memory study called Betulastudien, researchers followed 1962 people aged 35 to 90 starting in 1988, comparing the memories of those who still had teeth and those who had pulled all their teeth and were using dentures.

"When people have no teeth their memories are clearly worse than when they have teeth," Mr Bergdahl said.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11222342%255E13762,00.html

[Inland]

1. I certainly remember every bite I have received. Is that relevant?

[zoeb]

2. I think red states

don't have many teeth because they can't remember how bad Bush has screwed things up!!

[UL_Approved]

3. Finally, an explanation

We now have scientific proof that the GOP voter base is uninformed as to the scandals and bullshit of the regime due to a lack of intellectual capacity. Our victory in America will only be assured through proper dental care.

[lanparty]

4. I hope they weren't following ...

... I hope they weren't following hockey players!!!!

I'm not sure how they corrected for substance use and risky behaviors!!! For example, consuming too much caffienated beverages can effect your sleep. Not enough sleep will DEFINITELY wack your memory. At the same time the high sugars in some of those caffienated beverages can rot your teeth straight out of your head!!!!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Lessee...

FreePeeZ are toothless, dumbassed sumbitches. Memory is part and parcel of intelligence.

Yup. Makes sense. ;-)

[skygazer]

6. Yeah, age has nothing to do with it

The fact that older people tend to have fewer teeth than younger is irrelevant. And someone probably got a fat grant to study that. ~sigh~