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NDpatzer
's Blog
25 Nov 2024
Science of Chess: Subliminal Chess in the Expert Mind?
Visual priming reveals how experts assess positions without awareness
9 Nov 2024
Science of Chess: How does chess calculation depend on words vs. pictures?
Thinking ahead over the board requires maintaining some description of the position in your mind, bu…
2 Oct 2024
Science of Chess: What happens in the brain when we see the best move?
EEG is good for measuring the timing of neural events, but can it reveal what happens when insight h…
13 Sept 2024
Science of Chess: A Case Study of Reflex Epilepsy Induced by Playing Chess
An electrical storm in the brain reveals links between chess and (some) other forms of complex thoug…
4 Sept 2024
Science of Chess: Gestalt Processing in Experts' Brains
Playing chess requires a network of distinct brain areas across the cortex, but what do these areas …
13 Aug 2024
Science of Chess - Finding chess expertise in the brain: A case study
What do we learn by looking for neural networks that support chess expertise in the human brain? Wha…
10 May 2024
Science of Chess: A g-factor for chess? A psychometric scale for playing ability
How do you measure chess skill? It depends on what you want to know.
7 May 2024
Science of Chess (kinda?): Viih_Sou's 2. Ra3 and a modest research proposal
Take the 2. Ra3 Challenge! For Science!
27 Apr 2024
Science of Chess - Achtung! Einstellung!
Pattern recognition is great, but the Einstellung effect can turn a master into a patzer (sort of).
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