For a substance that is so essential to life, water seems remarkably unremarkable: colorless, odorless, tasteless. Yet, it is the magic elixir for learning, the "secret potion" for learning.
A 2009 study at the University of East London investigated whether having a drink of water improved children's behavior on cognitive tasks. Fifty-eight children aged 7-9 were randomly allocated to a group that received an extra glass of water or a group that did not. Results show that children who drank additional water performed better on visual attention tasks. These results indicate that a child's cognitive performance can be improved by having a drink of water.
Water is one of the most important and most abundant inorganic substances in the body. Water comprises more of the brain than any other organ in the body. It is essential for the electrical transmissions within the nervous system that allow us to sense, learn, think and act.
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