THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TO CHESS PLAYERS

Abstract

The current investigation has as objective to identify the basic theoretical components of executive functions in chess players, based on the criteria contributed through a bibliographic review carried out about it, for the selection of a battery of cognitive tests that allow sports psychologists in our province to evaluate the executive functions in chess players. The main results through searching brought forward that these tests should measure the activation, impulse inhibition, attention management, goals, plannification, emotions management, memory management, effort maintenance, flexibility, and metacognition, as basic cognitive functions to for chess players.
Key words. Activation, impulse inhibition, attention management, goals, plannification, emotions management, memory management, effort maintenance, flexibility, and metacognition