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Defining and finding talent: Data and a multiplicative model?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Dean Keith Simonton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8686 [email protected] psychology.ucdavis.edu/option2.htm simonton

Abstract

The Simonton (1991) study of 120 classical composers may provide evidence for the existence of innate talent. A weighted multiplicative model of talent development provides a basis for evaluating the adequacy of Howe et al.'s conclusions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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