Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is internationally recognized as a researcher in the psychological nature of expertise and human performance.
In This Episode:
-His early yearning to understand how knowledge was generated
-Seeking a deeper context for learning beyond retaining information
-The key to mastering a domain
-How his research differs from Malcolm Gladwell's 10k hours rule
-Creating “representations” to explore further expertise
-The true meaning behind deliberate practice
-Difference between expertise and mastery
-The ideal method for learning and practice
-Applying deliberate practice to less quantifiable facets of life
-Whether external rewards are important for motivation