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Topic: Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory  (Read 1197 times)

Offline Bob

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Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory Training
Giovanni Sala
Fernand Gobet
First Published October 25, 2017

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721417712760



Hm....
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

Offline ted

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The conclusion of the article makes sense to me. I have known outstanding chess players who lacked most other intellectual ability, and many very bright, highly creative people who were big duds at chess.
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
 

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