It would appear that the prefrontal cortex is much less parallel than the rest of the brain. This is why we often get much better task performance when we allo

It would appear that the prefrontal cortex is much less parallel than the rest of the brain. This is why we often get much better task performance when we allow our gut feelings (which come from subconscious parts of the brain) to inform our reasoning. Deliberative reasoning in the human brain has a very limited capacity. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus...