It's easy to believe that the brightest performers in sport, art, science, etc., like the Williams sisters , Rafael Nadal, Tiger Woods, Lonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Polgar sisters, John Stuart Mill, the Brontë sisters, Charles Darwin, Rosalind Franklin or Albert Einstein, often considered as geniuses, were naturals with inborn gifts that can't be taught.
But what does science say about the concept of inborn talent? Could it just be a persistent and pernicious myth that is detrimental for our children? There are some luminous - and NOT SO SURPRISING - answers about the psychology behind mastering new skills in the great video from BBC Reel, linked below.
Picture: The surprising psychology behind mastering a new skill (BBC Reel)
Picture: Anders Ericsson (BBC Reel)
