Article: You Can Blame ‘Load Theory’ for Turning Your Brain to Mush

July 30, 2020

Article: You Can Blame ‘Load Theory’ for Turning Your Brain to Mush

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We all have a lot on our minds right now.

In this article, a neuroscientist says, “the concept known as ‘load theory’ explains why we’re feeling out of sorts. We have limited brain capacity, and focusing on one thing requires filtering out other stuff. If our short-term memories—or our visual perceptions—are overloaded with more info than we can handle, we struggle to distinguish what matters, we become forgetful, and we’re easily distracted.”

Well, that explains it!

Check out the article by Peter Martin in Bloomberg Businessweek by clicking below, and prepare to feel a little better (or at least a little more normal…I did).

Article: You Can Blame ‘Load Theory’ for Turning Your Brain to Mush

ILLUSTRATION: OSCAR BOLTON GREEN FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK

The article also includes some straightforward and implementable suggestions for dealing with the overload.

Stay safe, y’all, and let’s try to get back to mindfulness.



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