Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysis

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dc.citation.firstpage1608en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePsychological Scienceen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1618en_US
dc.contributor.authorMacnamara, Brooke N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHambrick, David Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOswald, Frederick L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-23T15:30:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-07-23T15:30:35Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractMore than 20 years ago, researchers proposed that individual differences in performance in such domains as music, sports, and games largely reflect individual differences in amount of deliberate practice, which was defined as engagement in structured activities created specifically to improve performance in a domain. This view is a frequent topic of popular-science writing but is it supported by empirical evidence? To answer this question, we conducted a meta-analysis covering all major domains in which deliberate practice has been investigated. We found that deliberate practice explained 26% of the variance in performance for games, 21% for music, 18% for sports, 4% for education, and less than 1% for professions. We conclude that deliberate practice is important, but not as important as has been argued.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMacnamara, Brooke N., Hambrick, David Z. and Oswald, Frederick L.. "Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysis." <i>Psychological Science,</i> (2014) Sage: 1608-1618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797614535810.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797614535810en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/76260en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.en_US
dc.subject.keyworddeliberate practiceen_US
dc.subject.keywordtalent developmenten_US
dc.subject.keywordmeta-analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordhuman performanceen_US
dc.subject.keywordskill acquisitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordexpertiseen_US
dc.subject.keywordopen dataen_US
dc.titleDeliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysisen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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