The Role of Ecological Constraints on Expertise Development

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-179

  Araújo, Duarte ^a   Fonseca, Cristina ^a   Davids, Keith ^b   Garganta, Júlio ^c   Volossovitch, Anna ^a   Brandão, Regina ^d   Krebs, Ruy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Association football; Development; Ecological psychology; Environmental constrains; Expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864930232     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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