Cognitive load
Cognitive load is the amount of mental effort required to process information and complete a task.
Definition
Cognitive load increases when the task is complex, information is poorly organized, or attention must be constantly divided. Not all workload is bad: some is due to the sheer difficulty of learning, and some is due to chaos that can be reduced. In practice, it is about designing work so that working memory is not flooded with unnecessary elements.
Key ideas
Missing key ideas.
Practice and life
Before a difficult task, remove three sources of unnecessary burden: excess cards, notifications and unclear performance criteria.
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to confuse the difficulty of a task with your own incompetence. The second mistake is adding more instructions when the problem is too much information.
Questions for self-reflection
No questions for self-reflection.
Sources
No sources.