Individual differences in some special abilities are genetically influenced

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 431.

Abstract: 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.

Note: Editorial Zohar AH, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Scheinfeld Ctr Human Genet Social Sci, IL-91905 Jerusalem, ISRAEL

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