Not only that, chewing also has other effects on our psychology. Here is the summary of a paper on chewing gum, stress and health(link to the whole paper: Page on Cf ): Hollingworth described chewing gum as 'a technique of relaxation'. read more
Recent research has examined this issue and there is evidence that chewing gum can prevent the adverse effects of acute stress. There are also plausible biological mechanisms that could explain such effects. It is now important to examine chewing gum and chronic stress and the present study involved a survey of this topic. read more
F or advocates of chewing gum in school, if there are any, the past decade of research has brought data, and perhaps hope. A project called The Effects of Gum Chewing on Math Scores in Adolescents studied the mathematics grades and test scores of 53 teenage students who chewed gum and 58 who did not. read more