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Individual differences in some special abilities are genetically influenced

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Ada H. Zohar
Ada H. Zohar
Affiliation:
Scheinfeld Center for Human Genetics in the Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 91905 mszoharepluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

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There is a problem with the definition of talent as presented by Howe et al. that makes it dependent on experts' ability to detect it in the untrained. In addition, the choice of musical performance as the example for innate talent is inappropriate, and musical board results are selective and biased tests of it. Outstanding mathematical reasoning ability offers much better evidence of genetic influence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 431 - 432
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press