I'm investigating how monkeys learn a certain cognitive task with an fully automated training protocol. I want to put the inter-individual difference of their learning performance (not final task performance) in context, maybe also in respect to other species and research fields.
Related to that, I'm interested in the question: How important is talent in contrast to learning-effort to learn a certain skill?
If someone knows literature in that direction, I would really appreciate the help.
Hello Mickael,
I think that the Expertise Psychology literature will be particuliary interesting for you. You can read the"Psychology of talent and Expertise" of F.Gobet for your question about talent.
Unfortunately it will be difficult to find something directly connected with your main question because that requires longitudinal studies. Perhaps you could find it in reading expertise with studies on children learning.
Have a nice day and good luck.
Thanks Romain,
I'll have a look at it. I also got some hints from a colleague in a similar direction. An interesting term I didn't know before seems to be "deliberate practice". Some people seem to believe that talent isn't important, it is just practice to master a skill. This is questioned by others. E.g. by an interesting recent meta-analysis from Macnamara et. al. :"The Relationship Between Deliberate Practice and Performance in Sports: A Meta-Analysis"
This and your suggestion will serve for me to look into that topic. Thanks!
Though, I still would be thankful if someone knows related studies from the animal cognition/training literature.
Hello,
Thank you for this méta-analysis because I don't know it.
Yes the "deliberate practice is very important but I thing that the Gobet's book will be interesting to relativize this théory. You can also read Hambrick et al (2014) on this subject.
Thank you very much and if I found an article on animal cognition/training literature I will tell you.
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