"Across the highest adult performance levels, peak performance is negatively correlated with early performance." ...

A study of 34,000 high achievers found that those who achieved elite performance early on often did not reach pinnacles in ...

W hat produces talent? It’s an age-old question. We all remember the early prodigies. Take the brilliant composer Wolfgang ...

A prodigy is a child younger than 10 years old who shows astounding proficiency in one or more artistic or academic fields. These remarkable youngsters have inspired wonder and awe. And at certain ...

In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

This week on the program, we've been talking to and about prodigies: children with extraordinary abilities far beyond their age. Yesterday, we talked about how hard it is to find the right balance, ...

Many prodigies come from affluent or middle-class backgrounds and had parents who were in similar fields. Many of these parents encouraged, and even promoted, their child’s outsized abilities.

In Nature’s Gambit, his illuminating extended study of six child prodigies, Tufts University researcher David Henry Feldman recounts several very strange anecdotes told to him by parents of these ...