Brain Chemistry of Chess Players

It would be interesting to see tests done on the brain when someone plays chess. It would be cool to see which parts of the brain are activated, how brain activity of people of different playing strengths and playing style compare, and whether age and years of experience play roles in brain chemistry. Once it’s figured out, maybe learning chess can be used as prevention or treatment for certain neurological disorders.

there have been some fMRI scans of chess players and a number of peer reviewed studies on its effects. quite fascinating reads!

https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201544

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10897431_A_functional_MRI_study_of_high-level_cognition_I_The_game_of_chess

https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/revmexneu/rmn-2019/rmn194e.pdf

Thanks. I’ll take a look later

That all looks like grad school stuff. I'm done with that!

haha! i teach at a university and am a few years out of grad school, so i'm still in the habit

thanks for that article. It's helping us to make parenting more excited in chess