| Planning abilities and chess: a comparison of chess and non-chess players on the Tower of London task. | |
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PMID: 16848944 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Playing chess requires problem-solving capacities in order to search through the chess problem space in an effective manner. Chess should thus require planning abilities for calculating many moves ahead. Therefore, we asked whether chess players are better problem solvers than non-chess players in a complex planning task. We compared planning performance between chess ( N=25) and non-chess players ( N=25) using a standard psychometric planning task, the Tower of London (ToL) test. We also assessed fluid intelligence (Raven Test), as well as verbal and visuospatial working memory. As expected, chess players showed better planning performance than non-chess players, an effect most strongly expressed in difficult problems. On the other hand, they showed longer planning and movement execution times, especially for incorrectly solved trials. No differences in fluid intelligence and verbal/visuospatial working memory were found between both groups. These findings indicate that better performance in chess players is associated with disproportionally longer solution times, although it remains to be investigated whether motivational or strategic differences account for this result. |
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Authors:
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J M Unterrainer; C P Kaller; U Halsband; B Rahm |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) Volume: 97 ISSN: 0007-1269 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Psychol Publication Date: 2006 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-07-19 Completed Date: 2006-12-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0373124 Medline TA: Br J Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 299-311 Citation Subset: IM |
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Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany. josef.unterrainer@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de |
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Adult Aptitude* Female Games, Experimental* Humans Intelligence Male Memory, Short-Term Motivation Orientation Pattern Recognition, Visual Play and Playthings* Problem Solving* Reaction Time Verbal Learning |
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