Working memory, thinking, and expertise

Authors/Creators

David Z. Hambrick
Alexander P. Burgoyne
Guillermo Campitelli, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Brooke N. Macnamara

Abstract

Expert performance can defy belief. Consider that Timur Gareyev, in breaking the world record for “blindfold” chess, simultaneously played 48 opponents without being able to see their boards, losing only six games. Or consider that Alex Mullen, en route to winning the 2016 Memory World Championships, memorized a deck of cards in 21.5 seconds. Equally astonishing, in 2016, Feliks Zemdegs set the Rubik’s Cube speed-solving record with a time of 4.73 seconds.

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2017

Location of the Work

New York

Publication Title

The Routledge international handbook of thinking and reasoning

Publisher

Routledge / CRC Press

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

26176

Comments

Hambrick, D. Z., Burgoyne, A. P., Campitelli, G., & Macnamara, B. N (2017). Working memory, thinking, and expertise. In L. J. Ball & V. A. Thompson (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of thinking and reasoning (pp. 268-288). Routledge. Available here

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