The role of practice in chess: A longitudinal study

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-458

  Campitelli, Guillermo ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chess; Chunking; Coaching; Expertise; Individual differences; Learning; Practice; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749095569     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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