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

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