Herbert Simon referred to this as pattern recognition, which…
Herbert Simon referred to this as pattern recognition, which she considered to be the most powerful cognitive tool we can have at our disposal pattern. Recognition is the brains ability to scan the environment, discern order and create meeting from huge amounts of data and thereby quickly assess a situation so that appropriate action can be taken right away and with a high degree of accuracy. The pattern recognition, a critical confidence of the executive brain can be seen in the capacity to simplify without being simplistic. If you are really serious about creating innovative options, you couldn’t do better than to turn to Buddhist thinking.
— from The Mind in the Cockpit
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