Benedek Mathias, Panzierer Lisa, Jauk Emanuel, Neubauer Aljoscha C
Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria.
Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria.
Conscious Cogn. 2017 Nov;56:128-134. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.06.020. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
Anecdotal reports link alcohol intoxication to creativity, while cognitive research highlights the crucial role of cognitive control for creative thought. This study examined the effects of mild alcohol intoxication on creative cognition in a placebo-controlled design. Participants completed executive and creative cognition tasks before and after consuming either alcoholic beer (BAC of 0.03) or non-alcoholic beer (placebo). Alcohol impaired executive control, but improved performance in the Remote Associates Test, and did not affect divergent thinking ability. The findings indicate that certain aspects of creative cognition benefit from mild attenuations of cognitive control, and contribute to the growing evidence that higher cognitive control is not always associated with better cognitive performance.
轶事报道将酒精中毒与创造力联系起来,而认知研究则强调了认知控制对创造性思维的关键作用。本研究在安慰剂对照设计中考察了轻度酒精中毒对创造性认知的影响。参与者在饮用酒精啤酒(血液酒精浓度为0.03)或无酒精啤酒(安慰剂)之前和之后完成了执行和创造性认知任务。酒精损害了执行控制,但提高了远距离联想测验的表现,并且没有影响发散思维能力。研究结果表明,创造性认知的某些方面受益于认知控制的轻度减弱,并为越来越多的证据做出了贡献,即更高的认知控制并不总是与更好的认知表现相关联。