Attractive long-term mates have a weird unexpected effect on women's creativity

Attractive long-term mates have a weird unexpected effect on women's creativity

A new study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology examined whether exposure to attractive dating prospects could boost creative thinking. The researchers found that for women, viewing profiles of long-term-oriented mates led to more fluent and original ideas—but only when sexual arousal was low. Heightened sexual arousal appeared to inhibit their creative output. Creativity is often considered an adaptive trait. It helps people solve …