Abstract: This paper reports the main results of a ten year research of the men- tal development of supernormal children. Five parts are included: (Ⅰ) The historical development of the concept from prodigy to supernormal children. (Ⅱ) A summary of comparative studies on cognition and personality traits between supernormal and nor- mal children. (Ⅲ) Methods and procedures for identifying supernormal children. (Ⅳ) Description of the educational programs for the supernormal children. (Ⅴ) A few words about our nationwide cooperative research group, about its roles and contributions in the past ten years.

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