You however have to know that a lot of go experts also usually spent less time on other task that can improve mental skills.
Korean go professionals for example don’t have a normal school education but instead spend that time of their life with learning go.
Yes, but while schooling gives an IQ boost, it isn’t that much of one. At least, I vaguely remember the one study I’ve heard of which shows causality only showing a few points. That might offset the observed decrease, but given that I naively expected the Go experts to have average IQs 20 points higher or so, is still a deeply counterintuitive result.
You however have to know that a lot of go experts also usually spent less time on other task that can improve mental skills. Korean go professionals for example don’t have a normal school education but instead spend that time of their life with learning go.
Yes, but while schooling gives an IQ boost, it isn’t that much of one. At least, I vaguely remember the one study I’ve heard of which shows causality only showing a few points. That might offset the observed decrease, but given that I naively expected the Go experts to have average IQs 20 points higher or so, is still a deeply counterintuitive result.