Does high-level intellectual performance depend on practice alone? Debunking the Polgar sisters case

Cognitive Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chess; Expertise; Innate talent; Polgar case; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052451839     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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