Thinking better with lying or standing ?
2- They found that people were slightly better at solving problems while in a horizontal position.
3- This difference in cognitive ability may come from the varied release of a neurotransmitter called noradrenaline, which is believed to interfere with creative thinking.
4- When you are lying down, your body releases less noradrenaline.
5- So, if you need to do some serious thinking, lying down may slightly boost your performance.
This is interesting material. Are these results published in any journal? And if so, here can I find the results of this study?
P. van Vliet, PhD, MD
Department of Neurology
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, the Netherlands