Are We Less Creative?
So are we getting less creative ? But there's some good news too. According to newswise.com, "Research in recent years has suggested that young Americans might be less creative now than in decades past, even while their intelligence — as measured by IQ tests — continues to rise." Thankfully, a new study out of the University of Washington Information School and Harvard University puts an end to that kind of thinking. Or creating. The study of students over 20 years found that, while some aspects of creativity — such as the ones used in visual arts, not surprisingly — are gently rising over the years, other aspects, "such as the nuances of creative writing, could be declining," newswise.com reports. As someone who's written (but not published, though come close, over eight novels), that makes me very sad. The question researchers asked was, "How have the style, content and form of adolescents' art-making and creative writing changed over t