Chess And GO No-Brainers?

from the practice-practice-practice dept

dsg writes in with a link to a story saying that people playing either chess or GO aren't making use of the parts of their brain normally associated with intelligence. While many people consider both of those games to be mentally taxing, the study suggests that it has more to do practice and experience than brain power. Not everyone agrees with these findings, and there is some question about how the test was set up. The researchers also discovered that each game used different parts of the brain. GO used the right half of the brain, that deals with spacial issues, while chess required the left half, which deals with problem solving.

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