How intellectual is chess? - A reply to Howard

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-421

  Bilalić, Merim ^a   McLeod, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GAME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; ACHIEVEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; RECREATION; VISION;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745303128     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005001185     Document Type: Review

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