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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Janet Starkes  and
Werner Helsen
Janet Starkes
Affiliation:
Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1 starkes@mcmaster.ca
Werner Helsen
Affiliation:
Motor Learning Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgiumwerner.helsen@flok.kuleuven.ac.be
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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.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 425
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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