Cognitive Load & Information Processing
Cognitive Load Theory
John Sweller's theory that learning and task performance are affected by the total amount of mental activity imposed on working memory at any given time.
In plain language
Every element on screen consumes mental bandwidth. The best designs do the thinking for the user, not with them.
In the wild
Implementations of this model aren’t wired to this view yet — they live in the implementations table.
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