2023-04-19 13:33:30
He cannabis is not the creative elixir that many thought, according to a series of studies published in the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP)which show that we can all be equally imaginative. Consumers, however, experience sensations that make their own ideas and those of others see themselves as more creative.
To reach these conclusions, the researchers recruited 191 occasional users from the state of washington. One group was asked to start the study within 15 minutes of taking it. To the second, that they only do it if they had not consumed during the last 12 hours. After reporting whether they felt happy or cheerful, they completed an exercise that involved thinking of as many creative uses for a brick as possible for four minutes.
Despite the fact that, predictably, consumers were more likely to feel happyand rated their ideas as more creative than when sober, a group of 430 raters found that the 2,141 solutions generated by both groups were equally effective.
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In a second experiment, two groups were asked to imagine that they were working for a press consultancy that had commissioned them to improve the profits of a music band. The goal was to come up with as many ideas as possible in five minutes. Although the use of cannabis it also had no significant impact, participants who had used tended to have more favorable views of creativity than others.
“The next time you want to sell an idea to someone, offer them something attractive to increase your chances of success,” joked the creative consultant, commenting on the results. Rosie Jacob.
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Why then is there a widespread belief about cannabis as a booster of creativity?
Creative people may be drawn to the marihuana with greater intensity, and that consumers tend to be more extroverted and open to new experiences. As legalization progresses in different governments, “many employers will need to start considering how cannabis influences their own work or how they manage employees who use it,” he said. Christopher Barnesauthor of the study JAP. “The results are meant to be as interesting as they are relevant.”
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