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Capacity Limits in Cognitive Processing Reflect the Curse of Generalization

2026-02-19

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<p>The striking constraints of some human cognitive processes stand in stark contrastto the near limitless capability of others. While we can acquire and flexibly use vast amountsof information, the amount we can process at any one time is often stiflingly limited: forexample the number of items we can hold in working memory or the number of tasks that canbe performed at once. Here, we integrate ideas from informa...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cjuxb_v3

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