Deliberate practice: Is that all it takes to become an expert?

Intelligence

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-45

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b   Altmann, Erik M ^a   Meinz, Elizabeth J ^c   Gobet, Fernand ^d   Campitelli, Guillermo ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Expertise; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901240392     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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