How attention works: why you can miss a gorilla in plain sight
Working memory: why you can hold only about four things in mind
Take the drink orders of a room full of guests, with nothing written down, and some get lost on the way to the kitchen. How many things can a mind really hold at once?
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The guests are thirsty: soda, tea, cola, water. You keep the order in your head as you walk to the kitchen, while guests chat to you on the way.
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Then Rono calls out a juice. You hold on to it, and at the kitchen door one drink has gone. Somebody wanted something, but what?
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