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Alejandro Vasquez Echeverria:

I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "Efectos del Ajedrez en las Funciones Ejecutivas. Un estudio en niños escolarizados," which has been submitted to Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.

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The review itself is due 2016-07-14.

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Submission URL: http://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission/38

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Dr. Edil Torres Rivera
Universidad del Valle, Guatemala
etorresrivera@gmail.com



"Efectos del Ajedrez en las Funciones Ejecutivas. Un estudio en niños escolarizados"

Abstract

Resumen

Diversas investigaciones han demostrado los beneficios del ajedrez para el desarrollo cognitivo. Sin embargo, son escasos los estudios que han analizado el efecto del ajedrez en las Funciones Ejecutivas (FE) en base a un modelo que evalúe cada uno de los componentes del constructo. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar las diferencias de rendimiento cognitivo en tareas que valoran las FE de memoria de trabajo, inhibición, flexibilidad cognitiva y planificación entre niños practicantes de ajedrez y no practicantes. Se evaluaron 65 niños escolarizados de 8 a 12 años, de ambos sexos divididos en dos grupos de acuerdo a la práctica de ajedrez: (1) 30 niños practicantes activos y (2) 35 niños sin ninguna experiencia con el ajedrez. Los resultados del MANOVA revelaron diferencias significativas según la práctica de ajedrez, en todas las FE analizadas a favor de los niños practicantes. Estos datos sugieren que el ajedrez podría emplearse como una estrategia efectiva para favorecer el desarrollo de habilidades ejecutivas durante la infancia. Se discuten los resultados en función de sus implicancias clínicas y educativas.

 

Abstract

Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of chess for cognitive development. However, research analyzing the impact of chess on Executive Functions (EF) based on a model that assesses all of its components is scarce. The present study aimed at analyzing the differences in cognitive performance in tasks that value the EF of working memory, inhibition, cognitive flexibility and planning among children chess players and not chess players. 65 children aged 8-12 years of both sexes divided into two groups according to the practice of chess were evaluated: (1) 30 children chess players and (2) 35 children without any experience in chess. MANOVA results revealed significant differences depending on the practice of chess in every EF analyzed, in favor of children chess players. These data suggest that chess might be used as an effective strategy to support the development of executive skills during childhood. Results are discussed in terms of its clinical and educational implication
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Edil Torres Rivera, Ph.D., Editor
Interamerican Journal of Psychology
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