30 Nov 07
Originally posted by jonrothwellI don't really know for sure. Dan Heisman claims that some people learn better by reading, while others learn better by hearing or listening. For these "listeners", Dan suggests that maybe DVDs, videos, or audio tapes would be more effective than books.
hello, I have just found out that i am right side dominant which apparently means that i process information better with images, colour, emotion and patterns. Rather than linear, structured information.
Does anyone know of ways of studying the game for people who are not naturally analytical and objective?
Thanks.
Unfortunately, I have no idea whether there's any relationship between the best study method and hemispheric brain dominance. I guess the spinning dancer chart would imply that a right brain person might do better with visual material (DVDs and videos), but who knows whether that's really true? I'd think the only way to know for sure would be to try both methods and then make a subjective decision regarding the relative effectiveness. However, I'm not fanatical enough to try to compare the two methods. I'm way too lazy.
On a side note, Christopher Chabris has written a couple of papers on brain hemispheric specialization in chess players. In a nutshell, apparently the right side is better at retrieving standard, known patterns from memory, while the left side is better at dealing with random patterns that don't contain known chunks. I realize that his papers only try to explain how the brain works when playing chess, and they don't really help us in the area of learning chess. But I still thought his papers were fascinating. If you're interested, the links are below. Just keep in mind that the papers won't answer your question; They're just an interesting waste of time. 🙂
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~cfc/Chabris1992.pdf
(Note: On Chabris' publications web page, http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~cfc/Publications.html, an erratum is mentioned for the 1992 paper. Erratum: In Figure 1, there should be no black bishop on c8.)
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~cfc/Chabris1999d.pdf
(In the 1999 paper, the section on hemisperic specialization begins on page 73)
http://ecc-edu.com/htmdocs/ourBrain/genius_mind.htm
30 Nov 07
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Originally posted by Mad RookWhat is the best Chess DVD/series that you know of?
I don't really know for sure. Dan Heisman claims that some people learn better by reading, while others learn better by hearing or listening. For these "listeners", Dan suggests that maybe DVDs, videos, or audio tapes would be more effective than books.
Unfortunately, I have no idea whether there's any relationship between the best study method and hemis zation begins on page 73)
http://ecc-edu.com/htmdocs/ourBrain/genius_mind.htm