Early training produces neural and physiological adaptations that can be misattributed to innate talent¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2005 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on a source with no registered publication record (a web page, book or unpublished report). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children aged 3–5 can acquire perfect pitch, and cortical mapping for string players' fingers correlates with training onset, explaining brain differences as training effects. → Ericsson 2005

Evidence¶

Ericsson 2005¶

Ericsson, K. A., Nandagopal, K., & Roring, R. W. (2005). Giftedness viewed from the expert-performance perspective. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 28(3/4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ746057

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

Review of neuroimaging and developmental findings (Elbert et al., 1995; Schlaug et al., 1995, as cited). The article reports "normal children between 3 and 5 years of age can acquire perfect pitch" and that early training shapes neurological development.

"the size and elaboration of cortical mapping for the fingers, especially the little finger on the left hand, is correlated with the onset of music training"

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