Reproducing board game positions: Western chess and African Bao

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-233

  De Voogt, Alexander J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sch Asian African/Amerindian Stud   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bao; Board games; Chess; Cross cultural; Perception; Position recall

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036962926     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.61.4.221     Document Type: Article

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