cognitive burden

A state in which there is an extra cost in using the brain to do things. Example: The

• The letters are small and hard to read.
• Lines that need to be distinguished are drawn in the same color.
  • Have to trace to the edge by eye to distinguish = additional cost
• Distinguishing between things that do not have a great deal of merit in distinguishing between them.
  • If there were no distinction, I could write it right away, but the distinction is causing me to incur the cost of figuring out which way to go.
  • Example: The
    • There are multiple notes and they must be written in the appropriate notebook.
      • You’ll need to think about which one to write on before you write it.
• It would be easier to compare two text files if they could be placed side by side, but the system doesn’t allow it, so I have to switch screens every time.
• It’s easy to understand the syntactic meaning when the source code is color-coded, but it’s printed in all black.
• Difficult to find the desired button due to many unused buttons on the remote control.
  • The burden of having to press a number of buttons when it would be easier to have a button that performs the desired action with a single click.
• Wear a long cook’s hat to make it easier to see where the greatest chef is.

orthographical variants - cognitive load - cognitive load - Cognitive Burden

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