Chess masters show a hallmark of face processing with chess

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-42

  Boggan, Amy L ^a   Bartlett, James C ^a   Krawczyk, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chess; Expertise; Face recognition; Perception; Selective attention failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACE; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FACE; FACIAL HEMIATROPHY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 81855206918     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024236     Document Type: Article

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