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Scenario

Why adult imagination becomes more literal over time

My 4-year-old can turn a stick into a sword, a magic wand, or a microphone in seconds but I can barely see it as anything but a stick.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The adult mind's increasing reliance on categorical thinking can diminish the fluid symbolic thinking that allows objects to transform through pure intention.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Imaginative play — children and adults?”

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