A proposed integration of the expert performance and individual differences approaches to the study of elite performance

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Kaufman, Scott Barry ^a,b  

^a The Imagination Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert performance; Expertise; General cognitive ability; Individual differences; Inspiration; Intelligence; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904765087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00707     Document Type: Article

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