Vunderkind
(
njema?ki
:
Wunderkind
) je izraz kojim se opisuje
dijete
ili neka druga osoba koja pokazuje talent ili posjeduje vje?tine koje se u pravilu mogu ste?i tek u kasnijem ?ivotnom dobu. Naj?e??e se pod tim podrazumijevaju djeca ili osobe mlađe od 15 godina koje s lako?om obavljaju slo?ene zadatke na polju
umjetnosti
ili
nauke
. Kao primjeri vunderkinda se navode
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
u
muzici
,
Akrit Jaswal
u
medicini
,
Judith Polgar
u
?ahu
i
Carl Friedrich Gauss
u
matematici
. Na srpskohrvatskom podru?ju se također koristi i izraz
?udo od djeteta
.
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Creativity Research Journal
, 19, 35-38.
- Vandervert, L. (2007). Cognitive functions of the cerebellum explain how Ericsson's deliberate practice produces giftedness.
High Ability Studies
, 18, 89-92.
- Vandervert, L. (2009b). Working memory, the cognitive functions of the cerebellum and the child prodigy. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), The International Handbook on Giftedness (pp. 295-316). Netherlands: Springer.
- Vandervert, L. (2009a). The appearance of the child prodigy 10,000 years ago: An evolutionary and developmental explanation.
The Journal of Mind and Behavior
, 30, 15-32.