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I think that when you spend a lot of time reading, the cognitive load becomes almost free. On the contrary, listening is difficult, especially when people don'
by stephc_int13 4y ago
I think that when you spend a lot of time reading, the cognitive load becomes almost free.
On the contrary, listening is difficult, especially when people don't talk very well or loud enough, or with foreign accents.
Combining reading and listening is a way to simply reduce the cognitive load.
- lanstin 4y agoPretty sure practice also improves that. Even lip reading is possible with enough practice. And for sure accents understanding improve pretty fast if you bend your mind to it. The danger there for me is if I am trying to get a new accent, I might start copying the accent or word choices a bit and embarrass myself. Humans are amazingly flexible in what we can do without thought, after a bit of practice.
- cratermoon 4y agoSomething like this occurred to me. I can watch movies and videos for entertainment and casual attention, but I follow and learn video terribly. I need words. I do OK with presentations and lectures where there's a slide deck. If it's solely talking, I don't keep up well. Captions make it possible for me to engage my better cognitive abilities. What I see happening is that the much-ballyhooed "pivot to video", though more hype than reality, is a thing – I see more stuff as just video, nothing written.