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Highly recommend "The Talent Code," by Coyle. He has traveled all over the world to ten so-called "hot spots," that are producing extraordinary numbers of prodigies--not born but made by the way they are taught and the manner in which they practice. His observations of John Wooden's style of coaching his UCLA basketball players are particularly fascinating by vividly clarifying why he was able to produce winning basketball teams year after year. One of the keys is naturally the development of extensive neural networks but the surprise . . . well, why give it away? If any would like to read the first chapter, click below. http://thetalentcode.com/excerpt/ There's a deep but not surprising irony in that Coyle's discoveries support much of the work of Skinner on operant conditioning and shaping and yet he dismisses Skinner out of hand as one of those mechanical behaviorists. Is that ever going to change?! Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs Professor of Psychology Oakton Community College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2301 or send a blank email to leave-2301-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
