A study by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences shows that alcohol enhances creative problem solving by reducing our ability to focus our attention on something. Apparently alcohol diminishes working memory capacity or, English, the ability to control one’s attention,â€According to Cognitive psychologist Jennifer Wiley, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “It’s the ability to remember one thing while you’re thinking about something else.”
The study also found that groups whose members possess diverse skill levels; that is, varying levels of mastery or expertise, may be more likely to come up with the best ideas or, “great things,†as they put , groups of three work better than groups of two and it really DOES help to sleep on a problem. READ MORE