diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6b4139e..5ed8482 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Since we spend far more time reading and understanding code than writing it, we ## Cognitive load > Cognitive load is how much a developer needs to think in order to complete a task. -When reading code, you put things like values of variables, control flow logic and call sequences into your head. The average person can hold roughly [four such items](https://github.com/zakirullin/cognitive-load/issues/16) in working memory. Once the cognitive load reaches this threshold, it becomes much harder to understand things. +When reading code, you put things like values of variables, control flow logic and call sequences into your head. The average person can hold roughly [four such chunks](https://github.com/zakirullin/cognitive-load/issues/16) in working memory. Once the cognitive load reaches this threshold, it becomes much harder to understand things. *Let's say we have been asked to make some fixes to a completely unfamiliar project. We were told that a really smart developer had contributed to it. Lots of cool architectures, fancy libraries and trendy technologies were used. In other words, **the previous author had created a high cognitive load for us.***