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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Dan Haygarth

Why being a child prodigy could actually stop the chances of becoming an ‘Einstein’

Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high performer later in life, a new study has found.

Researchers looking at the development of world-class performers in science, classical music, chess, and sport, concluded that high-flyers do not necessarily develop as child prodigies - and that the best youths and later world-class performers don’t always start life as high-flyers.

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