Accounting for expert performance: The devil is in the details

Intelligence

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-114

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Altmann, Erik M ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b   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 UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ability; Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Intelligence; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901244495     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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