Some small problems are now too big to fit in working memory (Insight 040)
This post took shape while I was away from home with little more than a phone and a clear time to think. That seems rather appropriate for a post about using external tools to help carry larger ideas.
Before my brain injury, I rarely thought about thinking.
Like most people, I simply got on with it.
If someone asked me to multiply 17 by 13, I would mentally break the problem into smaller pieces. Ten times seventeen is 170. Three times seventeen is 51. Add them together and the answer is 221.
The arithmetic is straightforward. What matters is that the intermediate results have to be held somewhere while the calculation is being completed.
Read more: Insight 040 Small problems too big (more…)
Half a Mind to .. 