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Drinking Beer May Lead To Mental Clarity, Study Says
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CBS
Local — According to a new study
in Austria, a little beer may help trig- ger your inner genius.
free
and regular beer before taking a series of tests. The volunteers reported- ly performed better on a word problem test after drinking a pint of beer than they did having alco- hol-free drinks. Researchers say concentration and memory issues did surface for the drinkers in other skill tests though.
trol,
some may actually suffer from too much focus,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Mathias Benedek. “Alcohol may reduce fixation effects by loosening the focus of atten- tion. Thereby, alco- hol may facilitate a broader associative search and the effective solving of creative tasks that are prone to fixation effects,” Dr. Benedek added.
Researchers at the University of Graz say that a mild alco- hol intoxication can help clear mental blocks and spark creative thought.
The study looked at 70 volunteers between the ages of 19 and 32; giving them both alcohol-
may
negatively affect
effects are likely
exes-
sive alcohol consumption typical- ly impairs creative productivity.”
“While many activi- ties
usually benefit from high cognitive con-
The scientists noted that drinking more than a pint of beer
the drinker’s creativi- ty. Benedek cau- tioned, “Beneficial
restricted to very modest amounts of alcohol, whereas