The complexity of greatness: beyond talent or practice

Credits

List of contributors

Preface / Scott Barry Kaufman, New York University

Perspectives

Where does greatness come from : a treasure hunt without a map / Samuel D. Mandelman, Teachers College, Columbia University and Elena L. Grigorenko, Teachers College, Columbia University, Yale University, Moscow State University

Greatness as a manifestation of experience-producing drives / Wendy Johnson, University of Edinburgh

If innate talent doesn't exist, where do the data disappear? / Dean Keith Simonton, University of California at Davis

Whither cognitive talent? : understanding high ability, its development, relevance and furtherance / Heiner Rindermann, TU Chemnitz, Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams, Cornell University

Young and old, novice and expert : how we evaluate creative art can reflect practice or talent / James C. Kaufman, California State University at San Bernardino, John Baer, Rider University, and Lauren E. Skidmore, California State University at San Bernardino

Prodigies, passion, persistence, and pretunement : musings on the biological bases of talent / Martha J. Morelock, Vanderbilt University

Savant syndrome : a compelling case for innate talent / Darold A. Treffert, University of Wisconsin

Mindsets and greatness : how beliefs about intelligence can create a

Preference for growth over defensiveness / Paul A. O'Keefe, New York University and CUNY Graduate Center

Debate

Giftedness and evidence for reproducibly superior performance : an account based on the expert performance framework / K. Anders Ericsson, Roy W. Roring, and Kiruthiga Nandagopal, Florida State University

Yes, giftedness (aka "innate" talent) does exist! / Françoys Gagné, Université du Québec à Montréal

Gagné is omitting troublesome information so as to present more convincing accusations : his accusations along with my own exploration of the evidence for innate talent / K. Anders Ericsson, Florida State University

Domains

Scientific talent : nature shaped by nurture / Gregory Feist, San José State University

The promise of mathematical precocity / Linda E. Brody, Johns Hopkins University

Memory expertise or experts' memory? / John Wilding, University of London

Practice and talent in acting / Helga Noice and Tony Noice, Elmhurst College

The rage to master : the decisive role of talent in the visual arts / Ellen Winner, Boston College and Harvard Project Zero; Jennifer E. Drake, Boston College

Music in our lives / Jane Davidson and Robert Faulkner, University of Western Australia

Creating champions : the development of expertise in sports / Paul R. Ford, Nicola J. Hodges, and A. Mark Williams, University of British

Columbia

Epilogue: michael howe remembered / Jane Davidson, University of Western Australia; John Sloboda, Keele University; and Stephen Ceci, Cornell University.