Practice, practice, practice – Is that all it...

Practice, practice, practice – Is that all it takes?

Abstract

Support for Howe et al.'s conclusion that musical talent is largely a myth is garnered from the sport literature. One issue germane to the nurture argument is how and when motivation to practice is formed.

Authors

Starkes J; Helsen W

Journal

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 425–425

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

June 1, 1998

DOI

10.1017/s0140525x98431236

ISSN

0140-525X

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Janet Starkes

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science

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32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 5202 Biological psychology 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology 3209 Neurosciences 52 Psychology

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