INAF Announces Research Grant for Review of the Relationship Between Mind Sports and Cognitive Functions

On April 5, 2023, Director David Weimer announced awarding a research grant for Professor Xiuwen Wu of the National Louis University for a project that will involve and undergraduate research assistant in surveying reports in the scientific journals that link the development and maintenance of human cognition with mind sports.  [...]

April 21st, 2023|INAF|

INAF Announces the Presentation of Three Videos Produced in Cooperation with Nihon Kiin

The first is a lecture by Takemiya Masaki 9p on his choice of the “best selection of cosmic-style game”. He gives detailed commentary of the game between himself and Cho Chikun to decide the 1988 Kisei challenger. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-mC7AKWXA8. The second video introduces several modern “AI style Josekis” in a [...]

November 21st, 2022|Uncategorized|

Request for Proposals: Relationship between Mind Sports and Cognitive Functions

INAF seeks to fund one or two university projects for a comprehensive literature survey and review of research linking mind sports to cognitive science. Of particular interest is how mind sports such as Go may contribute to the cognitive development of youth and to the cognitive maintenance of senior citizens. The deadline [...]

November 20th, 2022|Uncategorized|