A multimodal MRI dataset of professional chess players.
Chess is a good model to study high-level human brain functions such as spatial cognition, memory, planning, learning and problem solving. Recent studies have demonstrated that non-invasive MRI techniques are valuable for researchers to investigate the underlying neural mechanism of playing chess. For professional chess players (e.g., chess grand masters and masters or GM/Ms), what are the structural and functional alterations due to long-term professional practice, and how these alterations relate to behavior, are largely veiled. Here, we report a multimodal MRI dataset from 29 professional Chinese chess players (most of whom are GM/Ms), and 29 age matched novices. We hope that this dataset will provide researchers with new materials to further explore high-level human brain functions.
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Kaiming
K
Li
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Jing
J
Jiang
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Lihua
L
Qiu
School of Sociality and Psychology, Southwest University for Nationalities , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Xun
X
Yang
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Xiaoqi
X
Huang
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Su
S
Lui
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Departments of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China ; Department of Psychology, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Qiyong
Q
Gong
D003071:Cognition; D000068957:Games, Recreational; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008606:Mental Processes; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011340:Problem Solving; D013177:Sports