title: Aspects of skilled imagery in blindfold chess.
abstract: Blindfold chess is a very good task environment to study skill-based mental images or skilled imagery. Seven experiments providing information on different aspects of skilled imagery in blindfold chess were made. In all experiments very clear skill-related differences in the operation of chess-specific materials could be found. It will also be argued that chess-specific patterns or chunks are important in skilled subjects' construction of images and the operation of these images relies on the cooperation of visual working memory and long-term memory.
authors.affiliation: University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saariluoma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009949:Orientation; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012683:Sensory Deprivation