The secret to becoming talented

It is often said that genius has only 1% of innate aptitude, 99% thanks to hard work. Now Canadian scientists understand the role of training in talent formation.

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Many previous studies have proved that the world's best athletes, musicians, and players spend at least 10,000 hours practicing. Talent and luck are important factors, but practice is what makes the difference between the best and the best.

To test this, neuroscientists from McGill University (Canada) conducted research on many violin students at the Berlin Academy of Music. All these people learn music from the age of 5 and practice 2 to 3 hours per week. Their training time increases with age. At the age of 20, the total amount of practice time of the best students is over 10,000 hours, while those who are judged to be good only about 8 thousand hours.

'It seems that 10,000 hours is the minimum time for the brain to fully digest what it receives to help us reach the highest level in a field , ' said Dr. Daniel Levitin, team leader. , comment.

Daniel thinks that the legendary band The Beatles is a proof of the importance of practice. In the early stages of the career, band members play up to 8 hours every night, 7 days a week while in Hamburg. By the time they became famous, they performed about 1,200 concerts, more than most modern bands.