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The ability to use information held in the working memory

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    Working memory is so frail! This central executive function is responsible for deciding which information is important enough to pay attention to and to rehears:

    • your inner voice (phonological loop)
    • your inner eye (visuospatial sketchpad)
    • your episodic buffer combining the information.

    When there is a gap between “knowing” and “doing”.

    Decision fatigue: Micro decisions, eliminate them when possible!

    Cognitive load is..

    There are three aspects of cognitive load:

    • Intrinsic cognitive load refers to the mental effort associated with a given subject based on your prior knowledge (which is stored in long-term memory)
    • Extraneous cognitive load is about how approachable the information or the tasks present themselves – to you!
    • Germane cognitive load says how much work is needed to transfer the subject to your long-term memory and work the new knowledge into your personal “larger context”.

     

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