Principlev1PR-086
Schedule asynchronous communication processing at fixed…
Schedule asynchronous communication processing at fixed intervals rather than continuously to protect sustained attention required for cognitively demanding work.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from multiple axioms: Open-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik) (unresolved commitments consume working memory), Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (attention is finite and depletes), Task-switching generates attention residue that persists… (task-switching creates attention residue), and Task switching between different types of cognitive work… (switching costs increase with task complexity). The principle prescribes fixed processing windows as a solution to these constraints. The Gloria Mark research cited (23 minutes to resume after interruption) grounds this in empirical evidence.