Speed of expertise acquisition depends upon inherited factors

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Chassy, Philippe ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Gene; Long term memory; Neural plasticity; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053593625     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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