The benefits of being creative span generationsWestend61 GmbH / Alamy Adults are often thought to be less creative than children, as we swap painting for presentations and sandpits for spreadsheets. But in a new study, children actually performed worse on creativity tests than adults – yet made up for it in confidence. “We found that adults are actually more creative thinkers,” says Mathias Benedek at the University of Graz in Austria. “But children enjoy creativity more and are much less worried about what others think about their ideas.” Read more How to extend and improve your life by getting more creative There is a popular belief that children are more creative than adults, he says, whi...