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Adults More Creative Than Children But Less Confident, Study Finds

A study in PLOS One finds adults outperform preschoolers on inventive tasks despite lower self-confidence.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 21 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 21 Oct 2026. Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories published first, on 21 October at 18:00 UTC; New Scientist followed 18h 16m later. The most recent article, from New Scientist, appeared on 22 October at 12:16 UTC.

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  1. Adults may be more creative than children – but less confident about it New Scientist
  2. Preschoolers aren't more creative than adults—they're just more confident Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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  • Janika Saretzki
  • University of Graz
  • PLOS One
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