Everyone who is bothered by chewing and smacking noises from their fellow human beings, for example in the office, should be happy.
According to researchers, anyone who perceives something like this has a special talent.
Do you know that?
Do you (without perhaps admitting it) get on your nerves when the colleague * at the office table across the street
nibbles
on his bread
or
chews
gum
and makes unmistakable noises (of chewing or smacking)?
Then you can still be happy: Scientists at
Northwestern University
have found that people who
cannot (or can only badly) stand
the
chewing noises of others
are
particularly creative
.
A quality that is in
demand
not least in many
professions
.
Especially creative people
find
it
easier
in their
job
to approach a seemingly unsolvable problem in a new way.
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Study: More creative people are distracted by chewing noises
For the study mentioned, the 84 participants took a creativity test.
The researchers conducted from from studies results that just the creative people while something is
concentrated
, were to
not become detached from realities around them
were.
That would at least explain why some employees - compared to others - are more bothered when a colleague in the office chews loudly or sucks on their candy, while others can ignore it or not even notice it.
Those who would be bothered by it, one may believe the researchers, consequently the more
creative employees
.
The dilemma here: If you
pick
up something quickly with your senses, you run the risk of not being able to concentrate so well in case of doubt - because the surroundings distract you.
Especially in the
office
, where it can get louder with several people in the same room, this could
lead
to
conflicts
.
For example, when someone sitting next to you is constantly on the phone in the office.
On the other hand, chewing noises are likely to be the slightest problem.
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