Maybe you knew this already, but we humans are only capabel to hold 7 +/- 2 things in the head at the same time. That is in the working memory or short term memory.
7 things can be seven words, seven phone numbers, seven concepts etc. This finding implies or explains why it sometimes can be so hard to see situations from different perspectives. When you are in an emotional state and everything is going round and round in your head, then the brain “chooses” seven concepts, these all colored by which emotion you are in,
and often seven concepts is not enough to see the big picture.
I think it is a fantastic discovery.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
7 +/- 2
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I believe this should be adjusted to 4 +/- 1 in the morning. Get up, bathroom, coffee, work/school. On a bad day you might forget the coffee - or on a really bad day you might forget work. Worst case scenario would be to forget the bathroom...
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