脳がマルチタスクをできない理由と、それが良い理由 | René Marois | TEDxNashville Salon

人間の脳は注意、記憶、そしてマルチタスクに生まれつきの限界を備えており、その制約が集中力や成果を支える役割を果たす可能性があります。認知神経科学者でバンダービルト大学のルネ・マロワ氏が、脳の制約がどのように脳の設計の一部として機能しうるかを語ります。脳画像法と行動実験を用いた神経のボトルネックに関する研究や、意識と随意的行動についての研究も取り上げられています。

• 注意、ワーキングメモリ、マルチタスクを制限する神経のボトルネック
• 容量の限界が集中力やフロー状態を助けうるかという問い
• 研究手法としての脳画像法と行動実験

The human brain is astonishingly powerful—and surprisingly limited. But what if those limits aren’t flaws in the design, but part of the design itself—helping us focus, enter flow, and perform at our best? This talk explores how the brain turns its limitations into strengths. René Marois is a cognitive neuroscientist and professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, where he holds the Winkelried Family Endowed Chair in Neuroscience. His research investigates one of the brain’s central paradoxes: how an organ capable of extraordinary computation can be so limited in what it can attend to, remember and do at once. Using brain imaging and behavioral experiments, his work has helped reveal the neural bottlenecks that constrain attention, working memory and multitasking. He also studies consciousness and voluntary action. His research asks not only why the human mind has such profound capacity limits, but whether some of those limits may actually help us think and perform better. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx