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Talent: Don't confuse necessity with sufficiency, or science with policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Ellen Winner
Ellen Winner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 [email protected]
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Abstract

Howe et al. fail to provide evidence that practice is sufficient and ignore evidence of high ability before instruction. They unsuccessfully discount savants; provide weak evidence against heritability of music, criticize retrospective evidence selectively, using it when it supports their position; and ultimately both accept and deny talent. Finally, they conflate a scientific question with one of policy.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 430 - 431
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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