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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Study Finds Spatial Skill Is Early Sign of Creativity

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA       Published  : July 15, 2013 

 
A gift for spatial reasoning — the kind that may inspire an imaginative child to dismantle a clock or the family refrigerator — may be a greater predictor of future creativity or innovation than math or verbal skills, particularly in math, science and related fields, according to a study published Monday in the journal Psychological Science.
 
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  1. Nichole {youclevermonkey}August 25, 2013 at 5:59 AM

    Interesting article. I've been reading about this topic lately and remembered these prompts I'd made last year.

    http://youclevermonkey.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/block-prompt.html?m=1

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