Monday, October 09, 2006

Older folks can learn creative new tricks

Older folks can learn creative new tricks
[7 October 2006 -
Newsday] That ancient idea that old dogs can't learn new tricks is now being turned around. Recent research shows that human creativity, although it changes and matures, doesn't inevitably decline with age. Instead, creative impulses sometimes get stronger with age in fields such as the arts as older people find the time, resources and inspiration to delve into writing, sculpture, art, music, photography and other satisfying pursuits. In other words, age is not a handicap, and researchers say new talents often blossom even as frailties such as hearing loss and fading vision appear. And, compared to the young, older people have depths of experience to draw on, they often already have many skills and they aren't as driven by the need to prove themselves. More

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