Clear the Clutter (Attentive Cognition)

Attentive cognition is the last stage of turning a raw visual signal into something understood — actively looking, comparing and interpreting, rather than just noticing. Two things shape how well that works: how clearly a chart is designed in the first place, and how the mind organizes many individual items into a manageable few. The two tabs below each explore one of those: fixing a deliberately badly designed chart, and sorting a shared set of items into groups of your own choosing to see that second idea, chunking, do its work.

Pick a tab below to try one.

What this teaches: Fix a deliberately cluttered chart, then organize many individual items into a few meaningful chunks. It teaches attentive cognition, decluttering, chunking and cognitive load.