How does thinking affect doing? There is a widely held view mdash; both in academia and in the popular press mdash; that thinking about what you are doing; as you are doing it; hinders performance. Once you have acquired the ability to putt a golf ball; play an arpeggio on the piano; or parallel-park; it is believed that reflecting on your actions leads to inaccuracies; blunders; and sometimes even utter paralysis. Experts; accordingly; dont need to try to do it; they justdo it. But is this true? After exploring some of the contemporary and historical manifestations of the idea that highly accomplished skills are automatic and effortless; Barbara Gail Montero develops a theory of expertise that emphasizes the role of the conscious mind in expert action. Along the way;she dispels various mythical accounts of experts who proceed without any understanding of what guides their action and analyzes research in both philosophy and psychology that is taken to show that conscious control impedes well practiced skills. She also explores real-life examples of optimal performance mdash; culled from sports; the performing arts; chess; nursing; medicine; the military and elsewhere mdash; and draws from psychology; neuroscience; and literature to create a picture of expertiseaccording to which expert action generally is and ought to be thoughtful; effortful; and reflective.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Im an untutored classical guitarist who plays the Bach solo ...By Harvey S. LisztIm an untutored classical guitarist who plays the Bach solo violin music straight and most often listens to the music played on the lute (thank you Nigel North and Hopkinson Smith!) and I found this book absolutely delightful. It has a wealth of insights and spurs thought. The movements are discussed thematically across the six works and nothing is neglected. Even the discussion of bowing made sense. and I had to think for the first time about how the open string notes were not the same. Just reading the simple remark that Bach never wrote two notes on the same staff was worth the world. It sent me to Galamians edition that has a reproduction of the autograph manuscript at the end. Modern editions often lose what Walter Benjamin described as the "aura" of an original artwork. this book helped recover some of it for me.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Really excellent. Indispensable.By tlsIndispensable. Everywhere I open the book it is addressing and answering questions I had. It goes into issues of Baroque era tuning and intonation I hadnt been aware of at all. Really excellent.
