کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5042174 | 1474257 | 2016 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Gf, Gc, Gsm, and Gs all correlated positively and significantly with chess skill.
- The relationship between Gf and chess skill was moderated by age and skill level.
- Chess skill correlated positively with numerical, visuospatial, and verbal ability.
Why are some people more skilled in complex domains than other people? Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between cognitive ability and skill in chess. Chess skill correlated positively and significantly with fluid reasoning (Gf) (râ = 0.24), comprehension-knowledge (Gc) (râ = 0.22), short-term memory (Gsm) (râ = 0.25), and processing speed (Gs) (râ = 0.24); the meta-analytic average of the correlations was (râ = 0.24). Moreover, the correlation between Gf and chess skill was moderated by age (râ = 0.32 for youth samples vs. râ = 0.11 for adult samples), and skill level (râ = 0.32 for unranked samples vs. râ = 0.14 for ranked samples). Interestingly, chess skill correlated more strongly with numerical ability (râ = 0.35) than with verbal ability (râ = 0.19) or visuospatial ability (râ = 0.13). The results suggest that cognitive ability contributes meaningfully to individual differences in chess skill, particularly in young chess players and/or at lower levels of skill.
Journal: Intelligence - Volume 59, NovemberâDecember 2016, Pages 72-83