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Paper

1973

Perception in Chess

William G. Chase & Herbert A. Simon

Shows chess masters do not see further ahead than novices but recognise thousands of familiar board configurations as single chunks, relocating the seat of expertise from search to perception and memory.

No free copy is linked yet — expect to buy or borrow this one elsewhere.

Read these first

Not a difficulty warning — a route. These are in the library too.

Elements of a Theory of Human Problem SolvingAllen Newell, J. C. Shaw & Herbert A. Simon, 1958Models problem solving as search through a space of possible states guided by heuristics, formalised well enough to be run as a computer program that solves the same logic problems people do.

Filed under Cognitive Psychology in Psychology.