"Gunny Bunny" wrote in message ble.rogers.com...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis used
functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of novice
players during a match and found a flurry of activity in the
parietal and occipital lobes, areas not associated with general
intelligence.

The brains of novice players are different from the brains of GMs.
Here's the link to the study:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...82809EC588ED9F