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Characterizing Features of Creative Writing in Older Adults. | LitMetric

Characterizing Features of Creative Writing in Older Adults.

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci

Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Published: September 2024

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study explores how creative expression varies with age, noting that while overall creativity remains intact in older adults, certain cognitive aspects, like detail and fluency, tend to decline.
  • Researchers analyzed short stories from 50 older adults, looking specifically at semantic diversity (the variety of ideas) and perceptual details (sensory descriptions) to see how these factors affect perceived creativity.
  • Findings show that older adults' stories had less sensory detail compared to younger adults', indicating that age may influence the richness of creative writing, while still highlighting important elements that contribute to creativity.

Article Abstract

Objectives: How does creative expression change across the life span? Although creativity is generally preserved well into adulthood, certain cognitive functions, such as episodic detail and ideational fluency, have been shown to decline with age. The present study employs computational linguistic analyses to investigate the salient features of creative writing in older adults.

Methods: We collected short stories from a sample of 50 older adults (age 65≤) which were subsequently rated for creativity by an independent set of participants. Mixed-effects linear regression models were used to describe semantic diversity and perceptual details as predictors of creativity. Semantic diversity reflects the extent to which a narrative connects divergent ideas and is closely associated with creativity. Perceptual details, characterized by sensorial descriptions, have been previously associated with creative writing and may serve to transport readers to alternative times and places. Additionally, we compare these measures to a previously collected sample of stories from younger adults.

Results: Results indicate that the presence of perceptual details and semantic diversity were significant positive predictors of creativity (p < .05). Moreover, we find that stories written by older adults contain fewer perceptual details compared with stories written by younger adults.

Discussion: These results advance our understanding of age-related changes in creativity and highlight the potential role of episodic simulation in writing creative short stories.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304954PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae111DOI Listing

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