COGNITIVE LOAD AND LEARNING

Limits of Human Memory

Long-Term Memory and Learning

Bypassing Working Memory Limits With Automaticity

Cognitive Load and Your Training

Applying Cognitive Load Theory

 

CHAPTER 3

Cognitive Load and Learning

Forty individuals drove a car in a simulator under four conditions: 1) no distractions, 2) talking on a handheld cell phone, 3) talking on a hands-free cell phone, and 4) intoxicated to 0.08 percent blood alcohol level. On a simulated freeway, a pace car braked 32 times during the 10-mile “trip.” The three participants who collided into the pace car were talking on cell phones, both handheld and hands-free; none ...

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