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Wat maakt een briljante schaker?
Metro Netherlands: Wat onderscheidt een goede van een briljante schaker? Moet je aanleg hebben of is het een kwestie van oefenen? Als we de bestseller auteur Malcolm Gladwell moeten geloven hoef je geen geniaal brein
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Curiosity Doesn’t Kill The Student
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it’s good for the student. In fact, personality traits like curiosity seem to be as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school.
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Mastering Chess: Talent Or Practice?
Science 2.0: Why do some people, chess players or musicians, practice less but attain more? The common belief is that practice is necessary to achieve mastery in chess, but it’s not enough. There has to
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Practice necessary, but not enough to master chess
Yahoo News India: There is a theory in psychology that the more you practice; the better you’ll do in areas like sports, music, and chess. But, a psychological scientist has claimed that practice is necessary
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Psychologists Defend The Importance Of General Abilities
“What makes a great violinist, physicist, or crossword puzzle solver? Are experts born or made? The question has intrigued psychologists since psychology was born—and the rest of us, too, who may secretly fantasize playing duets
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Why Do Some Athletes Choke Under Pressure?
Athletes know they should just do their thing on the 18th hole, or during the penalty shootout, or when they’re taking a 3-point shot in the last moments of the game. But when that shot