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H. W. Magoun, PhD

Arch Neurol. 1967;17(6):580-582.

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THE "severely" gifted student, as he was described in the medical vernacular by one group at the Greenbrier Conference, is representative of a relatively small proportion of the entire body of medical students who are themselves drawn from the upper 5% of their age group in the total population. In spite of their limited numbers, the superiorly gifted students possess the reasoning, intelligence, character, personality, and motivation to make highly significant contributions to medicine. They may early exhibit singleness of purpose, goal-directed and often exuberant energy, originality, imagination, and, most important, an ability to organize their time, energy, and thinking. These qualities imply an unusual capacity for work and concentration. Some of these students may withdraw from their peers and exhibit in their early years a "one-track mind," preferring to concentrate time and efforts on one talent to the detriment of subjects in which they should be getting good . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the Graduate Division, University of California School of Medicine at Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 17, 1967; accepted May 31.

Read before the Proceedings of the National Conference on Education in the Neurological Sciences, White Sulphur Springs, WVa, Nov 16, 1966.

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