The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (2nd Edition) – PDF

The second edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (PDF) provides valuable scientific insights into the nature of expertise and how it differs from non-expertise in terms of training, development, knowledge, reasoning, and social support. Leading experts in the field present innovative methods for measuring experts’ knowledge and performance in a variety of tasks across 16 major domains, including music, sports, business, medicine, writing, and drawing. They also discuss the structure and acquisition of expert skills and knowledge in each field and provide a glimpse into the future prospects of expertise research.

Chapters on various aspects of expertise, such as general and practical intelligence, differences in brain activity, self-regulated learning, deliberate practice, knowledge management, aging, and creativity, offer insights that cut across most of the domains covered. This updated and expanded handbook is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the science of expertise and expert performance.