cognitive overload

the situation in which the demands placed on a person by mental work (the cognitive load) are greater than the person’s mental abilities can cope with. See also communication overload; information overload; sensory overload; stimulus overload.

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Psychology term of the day

March 14th 2025

five-to-seven shift

five-to-seven shift

the striking progress in children’s cognitive development between the ages of 5 and 7, when very significant advances in such areas as reasoning and logic, linguistic ability, memory, and problem solving occur. [introduced in 1965 by Sheldon H. White]