put down that TaB!

parents everywhere may want to stop nagging their kids about their soda consumption. a new report indicates that sugary drinks aid memorization by stimulating the hippocampus. memory is inherently linked to IQ, so have we discovered a true intelligence-enhancer? well, expanded memory lasts only as long as the extra glucose does, and consuming too much sugar may hurt in the long run considering the (albeit tenuous) inverse relationship between IQ and weight. perhaps it just means that diet drinkers are, on net, dumber:

in an age of low-sugar or artificially sweetened drinks, they suggest that too many low-calorie beverages could hamper mental performance.

i sincerely doubt that, considering most of us don't operate constantly with coke-in-hand. regardless, understanding more about the link between glucose and memory it's good news for folks with chronic memory or pancreatic disorders.