The concept being described in the article sounds very similar to deliberate practice, which I think might be described as keeping what you are trying to practice at conscious level instead of going on autopilot.
Many of those studies are actually based on chess, so if this describes how deliberate practice changes the brain, it should also map to higher level activities.
Of course, I’m not terribly familiar with all of the relevant science either.
The concept being described in the article sounds very similar to deliberate practice, which I think might be described as keeping what you are trying to practice at conscious level instead of going on autopilot.
Many of those studies are actually based on chess, so if this describes how deliberate practice changes the brain, it should also map to higher level activities.
Of course, I’m not terribly familiar with all of the relevant science either.
On deliberate practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_%28learning_method%29#Deliberate_practice
http://www.gwern.net/docs/1993-ericsson-deliberatepractice.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5317066/cambridge-expertise.pdf