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Podcast: The College Prep Podcast
Episode: 599: Cognitive Overload in Student Learning with Gretchen Wegner
Description: Megan and guest host Gretchen Wegner explore the concept of cognitive overload and its impact on students’ learning abilities, particularly focusing on working memory and its limited capacity.
Listen to learn about working memory which has a limited capacity and our goal in learning which involves transferring information to our long-term memories which have almost unlimited capacity. Various factors such as emotions, environmental clutter, and sensory input can overload this memory space, impacting learning and information processing. Understanding brain science and learning strategies can help students fine tune their study habits.
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