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Topic: Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory  (Read 1795 times)

Offline Bob

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Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory
on: January 04, 2018, 01:07:45 AM
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



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Offline ted

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Re: Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory
Reply #1 on: January 04, 2018, 01:45:36 AM
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.
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