It has been conjectured that a full WM processing sequence from input to output, called a “cognitive cycle,” takes a minimum of 200 msec (Baars & Franklin, 2003). This is equivalent to a maximum of about four or five decisions or goal formations or executions per second. In EMI, during episodic model generation, users may …
cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988), which posits that “goal attainment and schema acquisition may be two largely unrelated and even incompatible processes” (p. 283). In other words, the demand for resources in performance type reasoning activities in System 2, compete with resources available for learning. According to CLT, there are three types of cognitive load: …
Understanding dopamine’s role in decision making is critical. Humans make decisions, which are far more complicated than other animals, and dopamine is thought to be a key contributor to the relative importance of “gut feeling” over rational thought. Dopamine signals the expected pleasure from future possible events and this signal then informs our choices. Building …
The old brain, humans’ lower brain structures involved in the limbic system (the ‘lizard brain’) is constantly scanning the environment looking for any changes that signal danger, food or sex. A major job of the old brain is to keep us from harm, anything threatening our survival will get our old brain’s attention. The threat …