THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOOKING UP REPORT
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Figure 2.0<br />
Veteran<br />
has ‘chunked chunks’<br />
1 trip needed<br />
Linked pattern is now a single unit,<br />
taking up less working memory<br />
and attention.<br />
Expert<br />
ignores irrelevant patterns<br />
and concentrates on relevant<br />
ones, saving cognitive effort<br />
6 trips needed<br />
Whole patterns are grouped as a<br />
chunk of understanding, which can<br />
be linked to other chunks.<br />
Novice<br />
has to go cognitively to each<br />
of these and examine them<br />
25 trips needed<br />
A chunk can hold several<br />
thousands of pieces of information.<br />
Neural receptors recognise<br />
patterns in the pieces of<br />
information and they are chunked<br />
– grouped together as single<br />
chunks of understanding.<br />
The initial information collected<br />
is often 100s of 1000s of pieces,<br />
all of which need to be collected<br />
individually.<br />
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