Planning, Cognitive Reflection, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Risky Choice in Chess Players: An Expertise Approach

Guillermo Campitelli; Martín Labollita; Merim Bilalić

doi:10.3390/jintelligence13030040

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Planning, Cognitive Reflection, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Risky Choice in Chess Players: An Expertise Approach

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Planning, Cognitive Reflection, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Risky Choice in Chess Players: An Expertise Approach

Guillermo Campitelli, Martín Labollita and Merim Bilalić

Journal of intelligence, Vol.13(3), 40

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13030040

PMID: 40137072

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Abstract

expertise

chess

expertise approach

cognitive reflection test

Tower of London

individual differences

transfer

This study investigates the cognitive processes underlying chess expertise by examining planning, cognitive reflection, inter-temporal choice, and risky choice in chess players. The study involves 25 chess players and 25 non-chess players, comparing their performance on the Tower of London (TOL) task, Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), inter-temporal choice (ITC), and risky choice tasks. Results indicate that chess players outperform non-chess players in TOL and CRT, showing superior planning and cognitive reflection abilities. Chess players also prefer future rewards over immediate ones in ITC, suggesting a higher propensity for future more rewarding options. In risky choice tasks, chess players made more decisions based on expected value than non-chess players, but the evidence in favour of differences between groups is very weak. Despite this study not being able to establish causality, the findings highlight the cognitive advantages associated with chess expertise and suggest potential areas for further research on the transfer of cognitive skills from chess to other domains and differences in general abilities between experts and novices.

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Title: Planning, Cognitive Reflection, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Risky Choice in Chess Players: An Expertise Approach
Authors/Creators: Guillermo Campitelli - Murdoch University, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Martín Labollita - Universidad de Buenos Aires
Merim Bilalić - Northumbria University
Publication Details: Journal of intelligence, Vol.13(3), 40
Publisher: MDPI
Number of pages: 16
Grant note: National Scientific and Technical Research Council-Argentina
Identifiers: 991005753926307891
Murdoch Affiliation: College of Health and Education
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.7 Neuroscanning; 1.7.1026 Intelligence
Web Of Science research areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
ESI research areas: Psychiatry/Psychology