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Cognitive friction

A term relating to the relative difficulty of a task and the mental effort required to complete it. Tasks that present choices and actions in a way the human brain will expect are measured as having a low level of friction, whereas those that require thought, translation and calculation are said to be high in cognitive friction.

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