The Overflowing Brain: Information overload and the limits of working memory
I find this part super interesting:<p>> He describes studies that have found a substantial delay in the reaction time of people talking on their cell phone while driving --- or even just holding conversations with someone in the car while driving. A similar delay has not been found in these studies when the driver is doing more passive activities such as listening to the radio or an audio book; it is the need to focus on a conversation that limits the working memory's ability to effectively support driving at the same time.<p>When your mind is holding items in working memory, that means that it has less space to focus and execute effectively on the main task at hand.<p>Just writing things down gives some resolution of that task/thought so that we can fully show up for our main thing.<p>Working on a new notepad for jotting things down to free up working memory. The goal is to make it easy to capture things and add some organization when you want.<p>Curious to get feedback. <a href="https://www.stashpad.com/blog/working-memory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.stashpad.com/blog/working-memory</a>