Scientific American - the expert mind - implications for investing
Whitney Tilson just emailed this article to me. There is no question that it is of profound importance to anybody who wants to become a better investor. It ties in with what I have been reading on neuro-plasticity and the brain. It's not just practise that counts - its practise with attention, along with the intent to get better that improves the wiring of the brain in any particular field of endeavour.
Scientific American: The Expert Mind [ PSYCHOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCE ]
Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well