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PRELIMINARY REPORT

MARTHA G. COLBY, PH.D.; ICIE G. MACY, PH.D.; MARSH W. POOLE, M.D.; BRENTON M. HAMIL, M.D.; THOMAS B. COOLEY, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1937;54(4):750-756.

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The relation of nutrition to mental and physical growth is still largely an unsettled question. Especially in the psychologic field, the few available studies on animals and human beings have produced conflicting results. With respect to vitamin B, Maurer and Tsai¹ reported that its lack in nursing rats results in a markedly diminished capacity for maze learning in the adult rats. Bernhardt² confirmed these data. On the other hand, Anderson and Smith³ reported that maze learning in mature rats is not adversely affected by a diet deficient in vitamin B. Balkin and Maurer⁴ reported a quantitative experiment on children aged from 5 to 9 years. Using several standardized "mental tests," they found that augmenting the vitamin B in the diet of a group of malnourished children produced striking improvement in the performance of every child in every test, and this in spite of the short period . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH.; DETROIT

From the Genetic Psychology Laboratory of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the Research Laboratory of the Children's Fund of Michigan, Detroit.

Footnotes
The expenses of this study were defrayed in part by a grant from the Borden Company through L. J. Auerbacher.

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