Does chess need intelligence? - A study with young chess players

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-470

  Bilalić, Merim ^a   McLeod, Peter ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chess; Children; Intelligence; Memory span; Practice; Speed of processing; Verbal ability; Visuo spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547581675     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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