The study of expertise is important for society in several ways. First, it sheds important light on learning and the acquisition of knowledge, which can be used to develop better methods of ...

When I was much younger, my mother would say, "Practice makes perfect." Of course, this simplified phrasing—used to motivate impressionable young minds—wasn’t entirely factual, but it still made a ...

I recently had a lively discussion with a friend about the relative importance of education and experience in developing expertise and how these components interact. After observing a mutual friend's ...