# Memory in Chess

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Podcast: [Data Skeptic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic)
Published: 2024-02-12T17:33:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2024/memory-in-chess
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## Resource

On today's show, we are joined by our co-host, Becky Hansis-O'Neil. Becky is a Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri, St Louis, where she studies bumblebees and tarantulas to understand their learning and cognitive work. She joins us to discuss the paper: Perception in Chess. The paper aimed to understand how chess players perceive the positions of chess pieces on a chess board. She discussed the findings paper. She spoke about situations where grandmasters had better recall of chess positions than beginners and situations where they did not. Becky and Kyle discussed the use of chess engines for cheating. They also discussed how chess players use chunking. Becky discussed some approaches to studying chess cognition, including eye tracking, EEG, and MRI. ## Paper in Focus Perception in chess ## Resources Detecting Cheating in Chess with Ken Regan

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