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We grow up believing that greatness reveals itself early. The chess prodigy, the child violinist, the teenage Olympian—these stories dominate our imagination. We assume that to be the best, you have ...

Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high performer later in life, a new study has found. The study from a team led by Professor Arne Güllich, professor of ...

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