Cognitive tension
Cognitive strain is a state of increased mental effort when a task, information, or conflict requires intense processing.
Definition
Occurs when you need to maintain a lot of information, compare options, resolve a contradiction, or operate under uncertainty. It can help with analysis, but too much of it leads to fatigue, stiffness, and hasty shortcuts.
Key ideas
Missing key ideas.
Practice and life
For a difficult problem, write outside your head: facts, questions, options and relationships.
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to take any tension as a sign that the task is bad. The second mistake is to ignore congestion signals.
Questions for self-reflection
No questions for self-reflection.
Sources
No sources.