Deliberate practice: Necessary but not sufficient

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 280-285

  Campitelli, Guillermo ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chess; deliberate practice; expertise; skill; talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053582169     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411421922     Document Type: Article

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