The link between ovulation and creativity - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Health Women are more creative when they ovulate according to a new study By Sophie Hines - August 17, 2022 Menstruation cycles are a wild ride, aren’t they? One day you’re bounding around loving life and feeling like a little ray of sunshine, the next you’re snapping at your partner for hogging the bathroom and raging out loud at the kettle for taking too long to boil. While in the midst of PMS it might seem like there are no upsides to this monthly cycle, it turns out ovulation is in fact a great time when it comes to your creativity, with a recent study showing that women had their most original ideas during this stage of the month. The study, published in Frontiers In Psychology, involved 72 women completing various tasks, such as one in which the women were asked to list as many alternative uses as possible for an everyday object. In another task, the participants were shown three words and asked to come up with a fourth word related to all of them. Their ideas were then scored by four trained, independent raters. The results showed that women’s ideas showed the highest originality during the ovulatory phase, suggesting this is when we’re at our most creative. The authors of the study, Professor Aleksandra Szymkow and Katarzyna Galasinska, said that the research suggests creativity may be a ‘mental ornament’ in women – a sexually selected trait that is enhanced during the fertility peak, just like our pheromones and desire to be social. ‘Creativity may be associated with mating, helping women to attract potential mates,” Galasinska said. ‘Other studies showed that both sexes value creativity in a potential partner and I showed that it can be a sort of a tactic. Specifically, being original may be functional in this context.’ We know when to schedule our next brainstorming meeting for then! Images: Getty RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Health Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the October 7, 2022 Experts say this is the Covid symptom you need to look October 7, 2022 Women are more creative when they ovulate according to a new August 17, 2022 Amazon is selling a Fitbit-inspired fitness tracker for £18 – and August 16, 2022 Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert answers your questions on food and health August 4, 2022 Celebrity fitness tips that are useful for everyone August 4, 2022 The SEAT diet Is this the simplest weight-loss plan ever July 31, 2022 A third of women hide period troubles from their partner July 28, 2022 Laura Kenny has opened up about her miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy July 26, 2022 Sexist NHS targeted by overhaul of doctor training July 20, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved