Cocaine enhances figural, but impairs verbal ‘flexible’ divergent thinking
Abstract
Anecdotal evidence suggests that cocaine use will help overcome creative ‘blocks’ by enhancing flexible thinking. Given that cocaine is likely to enhance dopamine (DA) levels, which in turn are positively associated with divergent thinking (DT); is a possibility that is tested in the present study. Furthermore, the impact of cocaine is tested on convergent thinking (CT), another aspect of creative thinking, which has been reported to be impaired...
Paper Details
Title
Cocaine enhances figural, but impairs verbal ‘flexible’ divergent thinking
Published Date
Jul 1, 2019
Volume
29
Issue
7
Pages
813 - 824
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