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    Dorothy Matthews, an associate professor of biology, presented research finding that a common soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, enhances learning and decreases anxiety in mice. Mice exposed to the live bacterium through peanut butter showed twice the learning ability in mazes and less anxious behaviors, with effects lasting weeks after exposure. This suggests that interacting with nature and soil organisms may positively impact learning and anxiety in humans, as our modern urban lifestyles have reduced contact with natural bacteria.

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    Dorothy Matthews, an associate professor of biology, presented research finding that a common soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, enhances learning and decreases anxiety in mice. Mice exposed to the live bacterium through peanut butter showed twice the learning ability in mazes and less anxious behaviors, with effects lasting weeks after exposure. This suggests that interacting with nature and soil organisms may positively impact learning and anxiety in humans, as our modern urban lifestyles have reduced contact with natural bacteria.

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    Bacterias Que Te Hacen Inteligente

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    Dorothy Matthews, an associate professor of biology, presented research finding that a common soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, enhances learning and decreases anxiety in mice. Mice exposed to the live bacterium through peanut butter showed twice the learning ability in mazes and less anxious behaviors, with effects lasting weeks after exposure. This suggests that interacting with nature and soil organisms may positively impact learning and anxiety in humans, as our modern urban lifestyles have reduced contact with natural bacteria.

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    2010-2011

    Sage Researchers Find Bacterium Enhances


    Learning
    June 1, 2010 at 8:51 pm
    Sage Professor Matthews Presents Intriguing Research at National
    Conference

    Bacterium in Soil Enhances Learning, Decreases Anxiety

    Turning off the TV and computer and spending some time outdoors may not only be good for

    your health, it may also make you smarter, according to research presented at the 110th

    General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego by associate

    professor of biology at The Sage Colleges, Dorothy Matthews. Matthews conducted the

    research, entitled Effect of Mycobacterium vaccae on Learning, with her colleague,

    associate professor of psychology and biology, Susan Jenks.

    Matthews became intrigued by mycobacterium vaccae, a bacterium commonly found in soil,

    several years ago after a study indicated that mice injected with a heat-killed version of the

    bacterium resulted in increased levels of serotonin and reduced levels of anxiety. Serotonin

    levels, which elevate mood and reduce anxiety, are associated with learning and Matthews

    was intrigued by the possibility that the bacterium could have an effect on learning in mice

    and that's exactly what the researchers found.

    Mice exposed to the bacteria by nibbling on enticing tidbits of peanut butter snacks laced

    with the live bacterium were able to negotiate through a maze twice as fast as those in the

    control group and exhibited a reduction in anxiety behaviors as well.

    The mice exhibited a profound increase in learning, according to the study. Even weeks after

    the mice stopped snacking on the live bacterium, they were still able to impress the

    researches with their newly learned skills. Three weeks later, the effect seemed to taper off,

    although since mice live on average for about 2 years, the effects were still impressive.

    According to Matthews, as we have become more urbanized, we have had less contact with

    an organism that may actually be very useful. "If you think about it, when we look at our

    evolutionary history, we spent a lot of time as hunter-gatherers, or even more recently in


    agriculture, where we had lots of contact with the soil. It's only been the last 100 years or so

    that we've become more urbanized and are eating our foods in a different way."

    The research offers intriguing possibilities by suggesting that germs may actually play a role

    in reducing anxiety and enhancing learning. Matthews suggests that spending time outdoors

    and interacting with nature - taking walks in the woods or gardening or playing - may play a

    role in the way we learn and help reduce our anxiety as well.

    Return to Sage Press Releases: 2010-2011

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