在老年人中创造性写作的特征
William Orwig1, Daniel L Schacter1
1Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
概括
年龄较大的成年人.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 创意写作研究 创意写作研究
背景情况:
- 创造力通常保持在成年期,但认知功能,如情节性细节和思想流性可能会随着年龄的增长而下降.
- 了解创造性表达的年龄相关变化对于老年学和认知科学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究老年人创意写作的语言特征.
- 将老年人的创意写作与年轻人的创意写作进行比较.
主要方法:
- 50名老年人 (65岁以上) 的短篇小说的计算语言分析.
- 混合效应线性回归模型来评估语义多样性和感知细节作为创造力预测因素.
- 与以前收集的年轻成年人的故事样本进行比较.
主要成果:
- 感知细节和语义多样性显著预测了创造力 (p < .05).
- 老年人的故事包含的感知细节比年轻人的故事少.
结论:
- 与年龄相关的感知细节的下降可能会影响创意写作.
- 情节模拟可以在老年人的创意写作中发挥作用.
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