The psychological essence of the child prodigy phenomenon: Sensitive periods and cognitive experience

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-37

  Shavinina, Larisa V ^a  

^a De l'Expertise et de la Performance   (France)

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EID: 0039626223     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698629904300104     Document Type: Article

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