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NEGATIVE AIR IONISATION IMPROVES MEMORY AND
ATTENTION IN LEARNING DISABLED AND MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN |
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In 1984, a study was published in the "Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology" named, "Negative Air Ionisation improves Memory and
Attention in Learning-Disabled and Mentally Retarded Children" The
effectiveness of negative ions on mental performance was put to a
test by researching the power of negative ions to improve the
cognitive abilities of mentally handicapped children, as well as the
abilities of normal children.
Fourth graders were divided into three groups: normal,
learning-disabled and mildly mentally retarded. The results were
encouraging:- "half in each group were assigned randomly to an
unmodified air-placebo condition under double-blind testing
procedures. All of the children breathing negatively ionized air
were superior in incidental memory. The action of negative ions on
the neurotransmitter, serotonin, may be a mechanism by which
negative ions produce such behavioral effects".
RESULTS
Negative Ions enhanced performance of the order of 8.4% for the
normally, 23.6% for the learning disabled and 54.8% for the mildly
retarded". |
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