Meanings
nouncognitive load (plural cognitive loads)
plural cognitive loads
- cognitive psychologyThe used amount of working memory resources.
I've never felt more comfortable moving across our family of devices as a user, which I do hundreds of times a day than I do now, moving between iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur. They all just feel of a family – there's just less cognitive load to the switching process.
2020 November 13, Andrew Griffin, quoting Craig Federighi, “Apple tells us how it made its new chip and MacBooks”, in The Independent
Translations
Finnish kognitiivinen kuormitus, kognitiivinen kuorma
- kognitiivinen kuormitusTranslations
- kognitiivinen kuormaTranslations
French charge cognitive
- charge cognitiveTranslations
German kognitive Belastung
- kognitive BelastungTranslations
Polish obciążenie poznawcze
- obciążenie poznawczeTranslations
Turkish bilişsel yük
- bilişsel yükTranslations
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APA
cognitive load. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitive%20load
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“cognitive load.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitive%20load. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cognitive load,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitive%20load.
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