Ninety-seven sixth grade boys were given a battery of four tests of creativity and the Iowa Revision of the Brace Test for elementary boys. Product-moment correlations were computed between the Brace Test scores (motor ability) and creativity scores for fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. None of the coefficients was significant at the .05 level of confidence. Possible reasons for negative findings are discussed.
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