Beyond Born versus Made: A New Look at Expertise

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-55

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Macnamara, Brooke N ^b   Campitelli, Guillermo ^c   Ullén, Fredrik ^d   Mosing, Miriam A ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Expertise; Genetics; Individual differences; Intelligence; Skilled performance; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954286922     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.plm.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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