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Older adults can think as divergently as young adults but do so at a slower rate and require more time

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Older adults can think as divergently as young adults, but they do so at a slower rate and require more time than younger people. → Margarida Romero 2012

Evidence

Margarida Romero 2012

Margarida Romero, Pirkko Hyvönen, Elena Barberà. (2012). Creativity in Collaborative Learning across the Life Span. Creative Education. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2012.34066

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports, citing Foos and Boone (2008), that "older adults can think as divergently as young adults, but they do so at a slower rate and require more time than younger people". The review attributes this finding to the cited study; its design is not described in this article.

"It is also known that older adults can think as divergently as young adults, but they do so at a slower rate and require more time than younger people (Foos & Boone, 2008)."

Discussion

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type claim
id older-adults-divergent-thinking-slower-rate
title Older adults can think as divergently as young adults but do so at a slower rate and require more time
description Older adults can think as divergently as young adults but do so at a slower rate and require more time
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2012
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17
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sources 1 — margarida-romero-2012

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