While THC is known to trigger psychoactive effects and create a cerebral high, it’s little known whether it can improve focus and concentration and how it does so.
Concentration, creativity and productivity are said to go hand-in-hand.
Can cannabis help in that direction?Some believe that cannabis can increase creativity, so consuming cannabis before you start to paint, brainstorming or compose can get your creative juices flowing, resulting in out-of-the-box ideas.
A study in the journal Consciousness and Cognitions endorses the latter but ironically, weed consumers outperformed non-consumers.
However, the reason has been attributed to personality traits, not weed consumption.This conclusion was derived from a study on personality traits conducted on a group of 979 undergraduate students who were assessed for their creativity and concentration level after cannabis consumption in two separate tests – one on divergent thinking (elaborate problem solving skills) and the other on convergent thinking (instant answers through multiple choice questions).Cannabis consumers were found to outperform non-users on convergent thinking.
Essentially, cannabis helps them calm down, reduce anxiousness and in the process, aid creativity as the brain relaxes more.Strains that Reduce Boosts CalmnessThe cannabis strain that is said to induce higher levels of concentration is sativa while indica produces a more psychoactive high.