Older people are a rapidly growing demographic. It is estimated that by 2060 those 65 and over will make up a quarter of the US population.

DCU’s Vlad P. Glavneanu has worked on a Model of Creative Aging (MOCA). It advances the idea that creativity in older age depends on individual and sociocultural attitudes toward creativity and aging, and on the framing of constraints as exclusionary (cannot do x) or focusing (should do y).

There is a paradox concerning the relationship between creativity and ageing: despite a general decline associated with getting older, advanced age offers key advantages for creativity, such as increased knowledge and time availability. 

Co-authored with Rider University’s Catreinel Tromp, the paper analyses the complex role of constraints in creativity. The model’s contributions include specific predictions as well as practical implications for promoting focusing constraints for creativity in ageing adults.

Older people are a rapidly growing demographic. It is estimated that by 2060 those 65 and over will make up a quarter of the US population.

DCU’s Vlad P. Glavneanu has worked on a Model of Creative Aging (MOCA). It advances the idea that creativity in older age depends on individual and sociocultural attitudes toward creativity and aging, and on the framing of constraints as exclusionary (cannot do x) or focusing (should do y).

There is a paradox concerning the relationship between creativity and ageing: despite a general decline associated with getting older, advanced age offers key advantages for creativity, such as increased knowledge and time availability. 

Co-authored with Rider University’s Catreinel Tromp, the paper analyses the complex role of constraints in creativity. The model’s contributions include specific predictions as well as practical implications for promoting focusing constraints for creativity in ageing adults.