Summing Up Hours of Any Type of Practice Versus Identifying Optimal Practice Activities: Commentary on Macnamara, Moreau, & Hambrick (2016)

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 351-354

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Expertise

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSIC; SPORTS;

EID: 84971384028     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691616635600     Document Type: Article

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