The role of intelligence for performance in the prototypical expertise domain of chess

Intelligence

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-33

  Grabner, Roland H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chess; ELO; Expert novice paradigm; Expertise; Playing strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901193967     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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