N OVAK DJOKOVIC first picked up a tennis racket when he was four years old. At the age of 12 he left his native Serbia for a ...

"Across the highest adult performance levels, peak performance is negatively correlated with early performance." ...

In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

Mr. Graffman was a child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand. By Vivien Schweitzer Gary Graffman, a former child prodigy whose ...