up:: [[Habits MOC]] tags:: #people dates:: 1947 - 2020 # K. Anders Ericsson Made popular the term [[Deliberate Practice]], along with Malcolm Gladwell. ### Wiki > **K. Anders Ericsson** (October, 23, 1947 – June 17, 2020) was a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who was internationally recognized as a researcher in the psychological nature of expertise and human performance. > > Ericsson studied expert performance in domains such as medicine, music, chess, and sports, focusing exclusively on extended deliberate practice (e.g., high concentration practice beyond one's comfort zone) as a means of how expert performers acquire their superior performance. Critically, Ericsson's program of research served as a direct complement to other research that addresses cognitive ability, personality, interests, and other factors that help researchers understand and predict deliberate practice and expert performance. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Anders%20Ericsson)