Avoid cognitive overload with chunking and fewer options. - Deepstash
Avoid cognitive overload with chunking and fewer options.

Avoid cognitive overload with chunking and fewer options.

Do you write phone numbers as 0123456789 or 01.23.45.67.89? Splitting your content in smaller chunks makes it easier to both scan and memorise .

You don't have to go all the way and reduce your wardrobe to 15 items, but... I suppose that's the spirit? In UX, this is known as Hick's law . Choosing what to have between 10 options will take longer than between 3 options.

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