Alcohol can increase creativity and problem solving.
According to Medical Daily, a new study attests that drinking a little can increase a person's mental capacity when solving problems. During the experiment, men who drank two glasses of beer or wine before reasoning tests fared better than the others, not only getting the most right answers, but also showing more agility than those who were sober. .
Although these findings go against the general notion that alcohol use impairs rational and analytical thinking, research leader Jennifer Wiley of the University of Illinois, Chicago, believes that a “pulse-setting” dose ”Can help solve creativity problems as alcohol reduces the ability of so-called“ working memory ”.
Roughly speaking, this kind of memory can be explained as the ability to focus on something specific and remember one subject while thinking about another.
Fast and correct
The research, published in the journal Counsciousness and Cognition, found that those with a blood alcohol level of 0.07 or higher solved 40% more problems than sober participants. In addition, those who drank were able to complete the survey within 12 seconds, while the rest responded on average 15.5 seconds. However, Wiley is keen to point out that this kind of behavior works only with the low drinker, not the heavy drinkers.
Other experts say healthy sleep can be just as beneficial as alcohol when it comes to creativity. Previous research has shown that people who could sleep before solving a problem were more likely to find a solution to it.
