Verbal and visual divergent thinking in aging
According to the peak and decline model diver- gent thinking declines at a specific age (in or after middle age). However, if divergent thinking declines steadily in aging still has to be clarified. In order to explore the age- related changes in verbal and visual divergent thinking, in the present study a sample of 159 participants was divided in five age groups: young adults (18–35 years), middle- aged adults (36–55), young old (56–74), old (75–85) and the oldest-old (86–98).