title: One-Year-Olds Think Creatively, Just Like Their Parents.
abstract: Creativity is an essential human ability, allowing adaptation and survival. Twenty-nine 1-year-olds and their parents were tested on divergent thinking (DT), a measure of creative potential counting how many ideas one can generate. Toddlers' and parents' DT was moderately to highly correlated. Toddlers showed a wide range of DT scores, which were reliable on retesting. This is the first study to show children think divergently as early as 1 year. This research also suggests 1-year-olds' DT is related to parents', opening up future research into whether this relationship is due to genetics and/or social learning at its emergence. Understanding DT at its emergence could allow for interventions while neurological development is most plastic, which could improve DT across the life span.
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoicka
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mowat
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carberry
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bijvoet-van den Berg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*