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Being identified as a gifted child may actually hinder your chances of becoming a new, high performer later in life Study Has been found.
researcher Seeing the development of world-class performers in science, classical musicchess, and gameconcluded that high fliers do not necessarily develop into gifted children – and that the best young and later world-class performers do not always start life as high fliers.
The study by a team led by Professor Arne Gulich, professor of sports science at the RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, was published in the journal Science and concluded that the extraordinary young artist reached his peak early, but rarely mastered an interest.
In contrast, exceptional adults reached peak performance gradually with extensive, multidisciplinary practice.
The team examined the growth of 34,839 international top performers, including the olympians And Nobel laureates found that they went through a different pattern of development than previously thought.
The study notes that while traditional research believed that the key factors in becoming an excellent performer were early exposure, related ability, and years of training, talent programs often focus on top-performing youth and honing their skills in a particular area.
This gives rise to the popular cultural idea of the child genius – whether it is footage one of eight year old lionel messi Running around the defenders at a youth tournament or the prodigiously talented young Mozart performing concerts as a teenager.
But Professor Gulich’s work questions whether such a view is universal, suggesting it could do more harm than good. He warned that forcing young prospects to focus on a single discipline could actually harm their chances of progressing.
He said: “Traditional research into talent and expertise has not adequately addressed the question of how world-class performers develop in their early years at the age of peak performance.”
The study made three key findings, the first being that those who perform best at an early age and those who perform best later in life are mostly different individuals.
Second, those who reached world-class level showed gradual performance development in their early years and were not yet the best in their age group.
The third finding was that those who achieved peak performance later were not experts in any one subject at a young age, but were engaged in a variety of subjects, whether it be different subjects of study, musical styles, sports, or professions. According to studies, gaining expertise later in life is a better path to success.
This led to hypotheses put forward by researchers; A variety of learning experiences across different subjects increases your ability to learn, improving ongoing learning in a discipline at the highest level.
It also suggests that engaging in multiple disciplines reduces the risk of career-disrupting factors, such as burnout, losing love for the field, or injuries.
Albert Einstein was cited in the study. He became one of the world’s most influential and important physicists but he was also a passionate violinist from a young age.
In a word of advice, Professor Gulich said: “Don’t become experts too early in just one subject. Encourage young people and provide them with opportunities to pursue different areas of interest. And foster them in two or three subjects.”