The Road To Excellence
Subtitle: the Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; Psychology Press; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: June 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780805822311
Subjects: Intelligence; Gifted persons; Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology; Expertise; Excellence
Description: Why do so few individuals ever reach the highest levels when so many start out on the Road to Excellence? In this book, the world's foremost researchers of expert performance in domains as diverse as sports, medicine, chess, and the arts explore the similarities and differences in the extended and strenuous Road to Excellence taken by the successful individuals in each domain.

Their findings will intrigue and inspire readers who are themselves driven to achieve or who simply want to better understand the processes involved.