Comments on: Lack of working memory to be the curse of 2008? http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A.E. http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-18968 A.E. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html#comment-18968 <p>Dan, I may be posting on this subject sometime soon. Any good resources you know of about information overload and the decision-making process.</p> Dan, I may be posting on this subject sometime soon. Any good resources you know of about information overload and the decision-making process.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-18969 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html#comment-18969 <p>A.E.,<br /> <br /> Wikipedia provides a good overview of working memory [1] as well as cognitive load [2] (what happens when you exceed your working memory).<br /> <br /> Baddeley’s article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience is also very good, very readable, and very short.<br /> <br /> Regarding decision making, DeNeys has shown how cognitive load makes you more likely to answer wrong on logical reasoning tasks. On the flip side, Dijksterhuis's work demonstrates that going with your gut may be better than thinking it out in cases where there's simply too many comparisons to fit in working memory.<br /> <br /> Baddeley, A. (2003). Working memory: Looking forward and backward. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4, 929-939.<br /> De Neys, W. (2006). Dual processing in reasoning -- Two systems but one reasoner. Psychological Science, 17(5), 428-433.<br /> Dijksterhuis, A., Bos M.W., Nordgren, L.F., & von Baaren, R.B. (2006). On making the right choice: The deliberation-without-attention effect. Science, 311, 1005-7.<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load</a><br /> [2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory</a></p> A.E.,

Wikipedia provides a good overview of working memory [1] as well as cognitive load [2] (what happens when you exceed your working memory).

Baddeley’s article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience is also very good, very readable, and very short.

Regarding decision making, DeNeys has shown how cognitive load makes you more likely to answer wrong on logical reasoning tasks. On the flip side, Dijksterhuis's work demonstrates that going with your gut may be better than thinking it out in cases where there's simply too many comparisons to fit in working memory.

Baddeley, A. (2003). Working memory: Looking forward and backward. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4, 929-939.
De Neys, W. (2006). Dual processing in reasoning — Two systems but one reasoner. Psychological Science, 17(5), 428-433.
Dijksterhuis, A., Bos M.W., Nordgren, L.F., & von Baaren, R.B. (2006). On making the right choice: The deliberation-without-attention effect. Science, 311, 1005-7.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory

]]> By: A.E. http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-18970 A.E. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html#comment-18970 <p>Thanks, Dan.</p> Thanks, Dan.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-18971 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/12/26/lack-of-working-memory-to-be-the-curse-of-2008.html#comment-18971 <p>No problem.<br /> <br /> My colleague on my next experiment also notes the Decision Sciences Institute [1], but notes "It does not appear they dig down into the psychological piece of the process (e.g. cognitive load)"<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://www.decisionsciences.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.decisionsciences.org/</a></p> No problem.

My colleague on my next experiment also notes the Decision Sciences Institute [1], but notes “It does not appear they dig down into the psychological piece of the process (e.g. cognitive load)”

[1] http://www.decisionsciences.org/

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