The ability to play chess is

Grandmasters of the 'logic game on the table' like chess, chess, go . when thinking of their moves, do not mobilize thinking areas like ordinary people but use a special area on the brain, whereby they find very quickly which moves are most likely to win thanks to their intuition (or hunch).

Thinking about playing chess related to special brain areas.

Xiaohong Wan, RIKEN's Brain Institute of Japan Research Center used functional magnetic resonance scanning to monitor how the brain works in experienced players and new players of shogi, a subject Japanese flags, due to familiar chess improvement.

Different from amateur shogi players, professional players quickly grasp the state of chess at a certain time, and without long thinking, by instinct, they always find the right move most beneficial.

The authors first discovered that in the brain there are two areas that are "attracted" to this highly intuitive process.

In particular, brain activities are recorded in the sub-lobes (preceneus) in the area of ​​the peak (brain cap), responsible for sensory information processing. This area will be "bright" when an experienced player evaluates chess positions. The selection of chess moves is the task of other areas of the brain, which is the 'caudal core' of the cerebral cortex.

The results, according to the scientists, provide new data on the rules of brain activity and open new methods for career guidance and training of industry professionals. different professions.

The work is published in the journal Science.