
Ep 4. Cognitive load theory with Greg Ashman
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Limited working memory acts as a filter for the noise of the world and insures signal.
Humans have a limited working memory capacity, which forces us to process new knowledge slowly, but it ensures that the knowledge has value before being stored in long term memory. This limitation acts as a safety mechanism to prevent rapid and potentially catastrophic changes to our memory.
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