Visuospatial abilities of chess players
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5267291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew J Waters (0000-0002-0550-2961, Georgetown University), Fernand Gobet (0000-0002-9317-6886, University of Nottingham, corresponding author), Gerv Leyden (University of Nottingham) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-565 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1348/000712602761381402 |
| PMID | 12519534 |
| OpenAlex | W2171943459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
The extent to which the acquisition of expertise in knowledge-rich domains, such as chess, can be influenced by general individual characteristics, such as intelligence, has remained unclear. Some previous studies with children have documented significant correlations between chess skill and performance on some psychometric tests, such as performance IQ. However, we found no evidence for a correlation between chess skill and visual memory ability in a group of adult chess players (N = 36, age = 28.4 years). This finding, together with other data in the literature, suggests that there is surprisingly little evidence that chess skill and visuospatial ability are associated in adults. Thus, visual memory ability, and perhaps visuospatial intelligence, may be relatively unimportant factors in the long-term acquisition of chess skill
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Dreyfus model of skill acquisition · Intelligence quotient · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Neuroscience · Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |