When Cognition meets the Web 2.0

If it happens to me to doubt about studying Cognitive Science and how it relates with my current job/interest, I only need to read again this amazing post at Creative Passionate Users: The Twitter Curve. And after reading it, here I am, back on track!

Multitaskig, information anxiety and how to be an expert when we are in such an interruptions-full work-enviroment.

The Expert Mind at Scientific American.

...much of the chess master's advantage over the novice derives from the first few seconds of thought. This rapid, knowledge-guided perception, sometimes called apperception, can be seen in experts in other fields as well. Just as a master can recall all the moves in a game he has played, so can an accomplished musician often reconstruct the score to a sonata heard just once. And just as the chess master often finds the best move in a flash, an expert physician can sometimes make an accurate diagnosis within moments of laying eyes on a patient.

By the way: I'd been 12 years-old when Grondona, the President of the Argentina Football Association, said that Diego Maradona had the gift to foresee the game actions. "He is always one-second ahead of the game", he is quoted to said. A nice example of apperception.

Keyword: Brain Information Retrieval.