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Article
The Role of Memory Templates in Experts’ Strategic Thinking
Author(s)
Philippe Chassy
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2013.05.005
Affiliation(s)
Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK
ABSTRACT
There
is ample evidence that experts’ performance is mostly due to domain specific
knowledge. Some complex memory structures, termed templates, have been
theorised to underpin strategic thinking in expert chess players. A behavioural
study and computer simulations have been used to test this hypothesis. The
behavioural study is the first to show that experts identify strategic systems
with more accuracy than novices do. A new artificial neural network model is
introduced to implement visuospatial templates. The simulations indicate that
templates adequately model identification of strategies in novice and expert
players. Both results support the view that templates underpin strategic
thinking. The findings constitute a demonstration of the dependence of
strategic thinking on memory processes and open the door for a new theoretical
approach to understand high-level cognition.
KEYWORDS
memory, expertise, artificial neural network, template, strategy
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