Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well
* Because skill at chess can be easily measured and subjected to laboratory experiments, the game has become an important test bed for theories in cognitive science. * Researchers have found evidence that chess grandmasters rely on a vast store of knowledge of game positions. Some scientists have theorized that grandmasters organize the information in chunks, which can be quickly retrieved f rom long-term memory and manipulated in working memory. * To accumulate this body of structured knowledge, grandmasters typically engage in years of effortful study, continually tackling challenges that lie just beyond their competence. The top performers in music, mathematics and sports appear to gain their expertise in the same way, motivated by competition and the joy of victory.
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