[[Learning]] tags:: #on/learning dates:: 2022-03-27 # Zeigarnik Effect *My brain keeps working even when I've moved onto something else.* This reminds me of interleaving. Open loops keep our attention. If we close a loop we actually have created a mental model that this loop does not need our attention. There is a tradeoff to keeping our attention open to an idea, that it does take some mental capacity, however that background processing is effective in creating new knowledge. The memory hangs up on incomplete ideas, regardless of how important. To get the mind to let go you need to write them down in a place that you trust, then it doesn't care what happens. This can be used to improve your memory of something, leave it incomplete purposely and go do another activity. Your subconscious keeps at work on it. Writing down an idea releases it from your memory, however. I'm thinking that this relates to our [[ACRMF8]] in that we might want to make a "proposed" approach to tracheostomy management, but keep revisiting it. ### What would the opposite argument be? You don't want to keep open loops, you want to close topics. That makes you feel fulfilled. ## Sources: [[🐓 Idea Farm/Deadfall/For myself only/Readwise/Books/How to Take Smart Notes]]