Creative Development as Acquired Expertise: Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Test

Developmental Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-318

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired expertise; Aesthetic success; Classical music; Creative development; Cross training; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034402849     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/drev.1999.0504     Document Type: Article

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