Masana kimiyya sun gaskata cewa wannan abu ne wanda ke da alhakin ci gaban tunanin mutum. Kuma sabili da rashin daidaituwa na wannan amino acid a cikin abincin jiki na mutum, lalata da ƙwarewa na iya bunkasa.
Bugu da ƙari, samfurori da ke dauke da ƙari na kifi (ba a ambaci kifin da kansu a cikin dafa, dafa, salted da kyafaffen ba) taimakawa wajen daidaita yanayin halayyar yara tare da maganganun maganganu, hyperactivity da autism.
Hakika, yana da matukar muhimmanci a sami adadin yawan omega-3 a jikin jikin jariri ba a lokacin daukar ciki ba .