ABSTRACT

This chapter describes the neural underpinnings of game expertise, it is necessary to consider the cognitive processes behind experts' outstanding performance in board games. The space is clearly defined and the rules are fixed and so simple that even children can learn them. The neural underpinnings of game expertise, it is necessary to consider the cognitive processes behind experts' outstanding performance in board games. The chapter considers the neural underpinning of simpler aspects such as object recognition and then slowly moves towards more complex processes such as decision making and problem solving. It focuses on that brain implementation closely follows the processes involved in the strategies of experts and novices. The basic level skills are inevitably the building blocks of board game expertise. Quickly identifying objects and relations on a board full of objects is main ingredient of board game expertise. Given the stable nature of board games, with rules that hardly ever change, certain constellations of objects often recur.