<p>Are there anything studies or research in psychology and neuroscience currently on the rapid acquisition of skills to an expert level?</p>

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2019-10-13T10:23:51.337Z
Sorry for the delay. Have a look at Hambrick et al 2016 beyond born vs made. And McNamara et al 2014 - Deliberate Practice and Performance in music etc
Nick H
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2019-10-13T19:45:18.700Z
Can you expand your question; what do you mean with 'expert'? What is 'rapid' (hours of learning time? Life years?)? Have you done any prior research? What did you find?
AliceD
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2019-10-14T00:33:19.947Z
Thanks Nick H! Hey AliceD. Talking about hours of practice. I've read Anders Ericcsson handbook on expertise and his book peak.
Gooby
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2019-10-14T00:35:15.033Z
The question is regarding becoming an expert in less time than it requires the average person to reach expertise in a field.
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Research or studies on rapid skill acquisition?
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# Research or studies on rapid skill acquisition?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-27)

Are there anything studies or research in psychology and neuroscience currently on the rapid acquisition of skills to an expert level?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Sorry for the delay. Have a look at Hambrick et al 2016 beyond born vs made. And McNamara et al 2014 - Deliberate Practice and Performance in music etc  
> **username_2**: Can you expand your question; what do you mean with 'expert'? What is 'rapid' (hours of learning time? Life years?)? Have you done any prior research? What did you find?  
> **username_0**: Thanks username_1! Hey username_2. Talking about hours of practice. I've read Anders Ericcsson handbook on expertise and his book peak.  
> **username_0**: The question is regarding becoming an expert in less time than it requires the average person to reach expertise in a field.  

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