The small-scale study involved 52 four to six-year-old children. The youngsters were split into two groups and shown two 15-minute clips from Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
Magical thinking enables children to create fantastic imaginary worlds, and in this way enhances children’s capacity to view the world and act upon it from multiple perspectives. The results suggested that books and videos about magic might serve to expand children’s imagination and help them to think more creatively.”
The researchers concluded that rather than just being used for entertainment, “magical thinking can be viewed as an additional source of development of imagination and divergent thinking in children.”
If we are being real I probably most resembled one of Draco Malfoy’s body guards the most growing up. Nothing much going on in the noggin. The first Potter book came out when I was in 6th grade and thought I was too old for it. Now I’m in my 30’s and will eventually read the books when I’m capable.