Show connection between good memory and vitamins demonstrated by scientists A connection between good memory and an adequate supply of vitamins is demonstrated in experiments carried on at the university of colorado by dr charles F poe professor of chemistry and dr karl F Mu uen enzinger zinger associate professor of psychology their experiments were made on rats using three groups one group kept on a normal diet one kept on a diet le deficient e ci n in in v vitamin amin G an and one deficient in the vit vitamin amin B complex all were given an opportunity to learn to solve a maze problem at the age of seven weeks three months later they were put back on the maze and data was collected on their ability to solve the problem a second time the rats made a very poor showing compared to td the other two groans groups The group on a normal diet re learned the maze in an aln average time of seconds the vitamin G deficient group in seconds while the B deficient group required 1074 seconds the lack of vitamin B had a greater effect on memory than it had on learning ability since the B deficient group learned a new maze in seconds the normal group did it in see sec ands and the G deficient group in seconds vitamin B is known as the vitamin because its lack causes nervous disorders it is found naturally in whole grain cereals tomatoes beans and yeast soluble in water it can be lost from foods if the water they are cooked in is discarded P |