Expert Chess Players Think About Chess Positions Differently Than Do

question 21

Multiple Choice

Expert chess players think about chess positions differently than do players of lesser rank. Findings confirming this different way of thinking include the following:

• A) Experts remember positions better than do novices.
• B) Experts think about positions with their frontal lobes, novices with their limbic system.
• C) Experts show better visual memory for positions than do novices.
• D) Experts are better conceptualizers, not better in their memory for patterns as such.

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