Visuospatial representations used by chess experts: A preliminary study

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 753-766

  Saariluoma, Pertti ^a   Karlsson, Hasse ^b   Lyytinen, Heikki ^c   Teräs, Mika ^a   Geisler, Fabian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 4644234326     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440340000501     Document Type: Article

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