Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Playing in dirt good for kids: Study

By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News Service

Parents, here's another reason for your kids to play outdoors in the dirt: It may make them smarter.

And, as a side benefit, dirt appears to be a natural anti-anxiety drug, but without the side-effects.

Mice exposed to a bacterium in soil navigated a maze twice as fast, and with less anxiety, as control mice, in studies presented Monday at the 110th general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego.

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