On the effect of chess training on scholastic achievement

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Bart, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chess; Cognition; Education; Expertise; Scholastic achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906337988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00762     Document Type: Article

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