Even if it did not, the notion of learning and immediately demonstrating ability flies in the face of well - established research on human's
limited working memory capacity.
Similarly,
a limited working memory capacity - the «workbench of the mind,» where complex thought occurs - reduces one's reasoning ability, while problem solving is profoundly influenced by long - term memory, and so on.
Not exact matches
The
capacity of our
working memory is quite
limited so it can only handle so much before it becomes overloaded.
We know
working memory has age - related
capacity limits that are often exceeded when teachers try to cram too much into a lesson.
When they reach the
limit, their
working memory reaches full
capacity.
Human
working memory can only hold a few items at a time — psychologists believe our brain's
capacity is
limited to three or four.
Their
working memory capacities — the sheer number of things they can keep in mind at any given moment — are more
limited.