This article is a short explanation of how and when students of a new skill get mental space to think and how their basic understanding begins with rote learning. Despite the bad name rote learning gets - memorizing by heart, without a focus on understanding - I'm making the case that rote learning is the first, necessary step before understanding.| Cognition Today
Here's a top-level explanation of how the brain can multi-task because of its attention system, working memory, cognitive flexibility.| Cognition Today