Many people would have made the same observations as I have done. The only thing I am trying to do is just document some of those things here.
First, I have found that our mind generally can process about 2 tasks simultaneously. For ex: A person is driving and at the same time he is singing or speaking to some other person .
Its very difficult to increase this multitasking number above two. Even though, we may feel that we are able to do more than 2 tasks simultaneously, i feel our mind carries out those tasks sequentially but the switch happens so quickly that it gives an illusion that those tasks are carried out simultaneously. As we have "persistence of vision" in the same way we can call it "persistence of thought" .
First, I have found that our mind generally can process about 2 tasks simultaneously. For ex: A person is driving and at the same time he is singing or speaking to some other person .
Its very difficult to increase this multitasking number above two. Even though, we may feel that we are able to do more than 2 tasks simultaneously, i feel our mind carries out those tasks sequentially but the switch happens so quickly that it gives an illusion that those tasks are carried out simultaneously. As we have "persistence of vision" in the same way we can call it "persistence of thought" .
The next observation is common . Our mind operates in two planes i.e. it has something called short term memory and long term memory. I would not like to go in detail w.r.t to this observation as it is a very obvious concept.
One thing I keep wondering is why is that sometimes we will not be able to recollect certain thoughts when someone interrupts us. I have personally observed this phenomenon many a times in my own life.
One explanation I can think of is the thought is erased before it is matured.
