Expert Chess Players and Beginners Study a Chessboard for Five

question 8

True/False

Expert chess players and beginners study a chessboard for five seconds and are then asked to recall the position of the pieces on the board. When the pieces are arranged randomly, experts demonstrate significantly better memory than the beginners.

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Scintilla of Evidence

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