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Hidden Brain
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Working Memory in Basketball
Psychologists have come up with a number of ways to identify and test working memory. Sen: It's really getting you to work as you're thinking about something. Because working memory is finite, your brain has to quickly decide how to deploy it. One reason skilled players are better than novices is because they don't expend a lot of working memory to process what is happening. They can focus their working memory on elements of the situation that are truly novel.
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