AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF GLUTAMIC ACID OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

Abstract
To test the hypothesis that oral admn. of glutamic acid in human subjects causes improvement in psychological tests of intelligence subjects were divided into 3 main groups; (1) adult patients in a mental-defectives institution, (2) child patients in the same place and (3) boys of normal intelligence. The results of cognitive tests were negative except for equivocal positive evidence in 1 group of normal boys. There was no evidence of improved scores on personality tests.