Rationalizing constraints on the capacity for cognitive control
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2021. [All Versions]. Humans are remarkably limited in: (i) how many control-dependent tasks they can execute simultaneously, and (ii) how intensely they can focus on a single task. These limitations are universal assumptions of most theories of…
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AGI & CoCoSci › Papers > Abduction > Rationalization: “Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2021. [All Versions]. Humans are remarkably limited in: (i) how many control-dependent tasks they can execute simultaneously, and (ii) how intensely they can focus on a single task. These limitations are universal assumptions of most theories of…”