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Hi,
Sounds like research by Michelene Chi out of the University of
Pittsburgh who also found 10-year-old chess players had better memory
for chess boards (but not other areas) than adults who were not chess
players.
If you need a more specific reference, I can look it up for you. Let
me know.
Marite
Jim Sibley wrote:
>Hi Everyone
>
>I read an interesting article on vacation....unfortunately my rule
about not
>working on vacation sometimes gets bent....I did NOT record the source
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>DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS ARTICLE?
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>The article compared novice and expert chess players and found that both
>could remember about the same number of pieces of information BUT the
>experts remember bigger, better contextualized chunks....I think the
article
>had two authours....that's all I got
>
>Sound familiar to anyone???
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>Much appreciated
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>Jim
>
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Marite Rodriguez Haynes, Ph.D.
Professor , Psychology Department
Clarion University, Clarion, PA 16214
(814) 393-1992 (voice mail)
(814) 393-2295 (Psychology Dept)
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