• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Talent: Don't confuse necessity with sufficiency, or science with policy
  • Beteiligte: Winner, Ellen
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1998
  • Erschienen in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x98501239
  • ISSN: 0140-525X; 1469-1825
  • Schlagwörter: Behavioral Neuroscience ; Physiology ; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Howe et al. fail to provide evidence that practice is <jats:italic>sufficient</jats:italic> 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.</jats:p>