The effects of time pressure on chess skill: An investigation into fast and slow processes underlying expert performance

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-597

  Van Harreveld, Frenk ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a   Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REACTION TIME; SPORT; TIME;

COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REACTION TIME; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547770881     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0076-0     Document Type: Article

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