Most people think playing chess makes you ‘smarter’, but the evidence isn’t clear on that
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Gardiner, Graeme, Ormsby, Gail and van der Laan, Luke. 2019. "Most people think playing chess makes you ‘smarter’, but the evidence isn’t clear on that." The Conversation. 11 July 2019, pp. 1-7.
Article Title | Most people think playing chess makes you ‘smarter’, but the evidence isn’t clear on that |
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Article Category | Blog |
Authors | Gardiner, Graeme (Author), Ormsby, Gail (Author) and van der Laan, Luke (Author) |
Publication Title | The Conversation |
Journal Citation | 11 July 2019, pp. 1-7 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) | https://theconversation.com/most-people-think-playing-chess-makes-you-smarter-but-the-evidence-isnt-clear-on-that-119469 |
Abstract | Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving But there is very little evidence supporting these conclusions. We conducted two studies (still unpublished) that found educators and parents believe chess has many |
Keywords | chess; cognitive benefits |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390304. Primary education |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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