WM and ltm Role of knowledge in cognition a Why chess grandmasters always beat weekend players?(De Groot, 1946/1965, Chase simon, 1973) a Knowledge of large numbers of different game configurations held in Ltm dramatically altered the characteristics of WM Similar mechanisms for all high-level cognitive skills(e. g reading) LTM: not a passive store it is actively used in most of cognitive processes (learning, problem solving thinking) O WM is very limited when dealing with novel information, but has no known limits when dea been organized and stored in 出R with information that has as schemas❑ Why chess grandmasters always beat weekend players? (De Groot, 1946/1965, Chase & Simon, 1973) ❑ Knowledge of large numbers of different game configurations held in LTM dramatically altered the characteristics of WM. Similar mechanisms for all high-level cognitive skills (e.g., reading) ❑ LTM: not a passive store, it is actively used in most of cognitive processes (learning, problem solving, thinking) ❑ WM is very limited when dealing with novel information, but has no known limits when dealing with information that has been organized and stored in LTM as schemas WM and LTM: Role of knowledge in cognition