Cognitive processes and development of chess genius: An integrative approach

The Wiley Handbook of Genius

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 350-374

  Campitelli, Guillermo ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^b   Bilalić, Merim ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chess prodigies; Cognitive processes; Critical period; Deliberate practice; Development; Expertise; Genius; Intelligence; Mathematical model; Neural plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999054554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118367377.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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