Expert chess players and beginners study a chessboard for five seconds and are then asked to recall the position of the pieces on the board. When the pieces are arranged randomly, experts demonstrate significantly better memory than the beginners.

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Final Answer : False, Explanation :  When the pieces are arranged in a way that makes sense according to the rules and strategies of chess (i.e., in meaningful game positions), experts demonstrate significantly better memory than beginners. However, when the pieces are arranged randomly (in positions that would not occur in a real game), the advantage of experts diminishes, and their performance in recalling piece positions is similar to that of beginners. This is because experts' memory advantage is largely due to their ability to chunk information based on patterns and strategies learned from extensive experience, which doesn't apply to random setups.

Expert chess players and beginners study a chessboard for five seconds and are then asked to recall the position of the pieces on the board. When the pieces are arranged randomly, experts demonstrate significantly better memory than the beginners.

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