Giftedness and Science

Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science.

For nearly a century, scholars have sought to understand, measure, and explain giftedness. Succeeding theories and empirical investigations have often built on earlier work, complementing or sometimes clashing over conceptions of talent or contesting the mechanisms of talent development. Some have even suggested that giftedness itself is a misnomer, mistaken for the results of endless practice ...

The origins and ends of giftedness.

Five issues about giftedness are discussed. First, the origins of giftedness are explored. The view that giftedness is entirely a product of training is critiqued. There is indirect evidence for atypical brain organization and innate talent in gifted children: Many gifted children and savants have enhanced right-hemisphere development, language-related difficulties, and autoimmune disorders. Se...

NEUROBIOLOGY, PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODIGIOUSNESS The Neurobiological Foundations of Giftedness The Neurobiological Foundations of Giftedness

Case studies of extremely gifted individuals often reveal unique patterns of intellectual precocity and associated abnormalities in development and behavior. This article begins with a review of current neurophysiological and neuroanatomical findings related to the gifted population. The bulk of scientific inquiries provide evidence of unique patterns of right prefrontal cortex and inferior fro...

IT-Giftedness in Children and Adolescents

IT-giftedness represents abilities related with widely differing uses of information technologies (IT). Children and adolescents often exhibit surprising abilities in the use of computers. At the same time they face educational and psychological problems. We hypothesize that typical adolescent problems with IT will be lessened if a dynamic approach to giftedness is applied. We analyze the intel...

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