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Planning, Cognitive Reflection, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Risky Choice in Chess Players: An Expertise Approach
Journal of intelligence, Vol.13(3), 40
2025
PMID: 40137072
Abstract
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.
Details
- 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 HealthMartín Labollita - Universidad de Buenos AiresMerim 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
- Copyright
- © 2025 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Health and Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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