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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance

K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, and Robert R. Hoffman

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sayemm
"The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance" is an awesome read, I recently bought it and started reading it. Here are some really cool excerpts from the book: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.ht... (http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.html) http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.mem.exp.htm... (http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.mem.exp.html)
mixu
How about some books that aren't pop-sci / business books? I am kind of biased, since I love this area of psychology. - The Sciences of the Artificial by Simon - The Psychology of Problem Solving by Davidson & Sternberg - The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) by Ericsson, Charness, Feltovich & Hoffman - Minds, Brains and Computers - The Foundations of Cognitive Science: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) - Choices, Values, and Frames by Kahneman & Tversky The Sciences of the Artificial is a small but deep book by Herbert Simon, who is considered a key figure in founding the study of these areas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Simon ). Davidson & Sternberg focuses on problem solving (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sternberg ). The Cambridge Handbooks (there are many others) in particular are excellent as they contain classic articles in Cognitive Science and Psychology, with introductions and overviews by people who actually research this area. The one on Expertise and Expert performance is edited by K. A. Ericsson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Anders_Ericsson )…