[extropy-chat] Learn more by not eating...

[Robert Bradbury]

As reported by Eurekalert [1] from the Feb. 19 2006 issue of Nature
Neuroscience, one may learn better on an empty stomach.  This is because in
that state the stomach produces more ghrelin which then enters the
hippocampus and may contribute to learning and memory.  This makes sense if
one thinks about it from an evolutionary standpoint.  If you are hungry you
had better pay attention to what you are doing so you can remember how you
solved that "problem" so you can do it again in the future.  Doesn't make as
much sense to remember activities when you are sitting around with a full
stomach doing relatively "nothing" from a survival enhancement perspective.

Robert

1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/yu-lam022206.php
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