Indexed Notes by Topic
Chunking
Insights:
- Chunking relates to the human brain's ability to group large amounts of information into clusters that are bound together by meaningful connections.
- We can take in lots of information, find logical connections, and store it in a mental file as if it was a single piece of information.
References:
- Dutch psychologist Adriaan de Groot (1965) - study of chess players.
- William G. Chase and Herbert A. Simon (1973) - study of chess players.