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Cognitive Overload and Mental Fatigue: Understanding and Alleviating

Dharmapunx NYC

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Unconscious Regions of the Brain Keep Track of the World

For ample, unconscious regions of the brain maintain what's called internal working models of the world. And that's what basically allows us to interpret each situation we're in and discern if we should feel safe or on edge. Unconscious regions also keep track of and work on a lot of tasks that we're not consciously aware of. For example, suppose you're talking with someone, and you want to say the name of a band or a song that you enjoyed, but you can't remember it. Then hours later, wala, the answer pops into your mind. It turns out it was a, i don't know, a song bya black sabbath,. Or they might be

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