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The 21 pages that link to Cognitive load, each with the reason it gives.

• AttentionRelated: High demand can reduce resources available for attention elsewhere.

• Executive functionsRelated: High load can leave fewer resources available for executive control.

• Cognitive psychologyRelated: It helps explain why complex tasks impair learning and performance.

• WayfindingRelated: Dense or poorly timed guidance can make route decisions harder to process.

• Plain languageRelated: Dense wording and poor organization can consume effort needed to grasp the message.

• Transfer of learningRelated: High demands can leave fewer resources for adapting learned knowledge to a new task.

• Web designRelated: Unclear navigation and dense pages can make websites harder to use.

• User interface designRelated: Reducing unnecessary mental effort makes interfaces easier to operate.

• AbstractionRelated: Abstractions reduce the amount of detail that must be considered at once.

• User interfaceRelated: Dense or inconsistent interfaces can consume attention needed for the underlying task.

• Problem-based learningRelated: Complex problems can overwhelm novices unless guidance and prior knowledge are considered.

• Information designRelated: Reducing unnecessary mental effort helps people grasp complex material.

• Educational gameRelated: Rules, interface demands, and story can compete with attention needed for the subject matter.

• Heuristic (cognitive psychology)Related: Greater processing demands can make simple judgment rules more attractive.

• Difficulty curveRelated: A curve can become harder through added decisions, even when physical demands stay constant.

• Game-based learningRelated: Unnecessary game complexity can compete with attention needed for learning.

• User experience designRelated: Reducing unnecessary effort can make complex experiences easier to use.

• TeacherRelated: Teachers can sequence and present material to avoid overwhelming limited working memory.

• Educational video gameRelated: Complex controls or distracting mechanics can compete with attention needed for learning.

• Edward TufteRelated: Designers use cognitive-load research to assess when dense graphics clarify information and when they overwhelm.

• Curse of knowledgeRelated: Unexplained jargon and missing steps raise the effort required of people who lack the expert’s knowledge.