Inflexibility of experts-Reality or myth? Quantifying the Einstellung effect in chess masters

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatization; Chess; Creativity; Education; Einstellung (set) effect; Expertise; Fixation; Flexibility; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUTOMATISM; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 38149030153     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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