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dhimes

I believe what you are describing is what they call "chunking."

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Any references to what "they" say about it?

(I'm investigating various questions including of STWM, ideas, and networks or clusters of ideas.)

The concept of chunking is covered in Learning How To Learn. I think the provide references as well.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

This isn't bad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_(psychology)

It's like a grocery bag for ideas. The more familiar they are the more you can represent them with a single abstract concept in your working memory that basically acts as a pointer to the various items contained in the concrete implementation.

Here's another reference you may enjoy:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657600/

What is STWM?

Thanks.

STWM: short-term working memory. A fascinating presentation by Sander van der Leeuw on the interactions of that and anthropology: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=80dR9Q2glgY

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