The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 2,888 atoms across 3 types and 2 molecules
Expertise fundamentally changes the size and nature of perceptual chunks—experts automatically perceive larger meaningful patterns as single units, enabling them to work with more complex information within the same working memory constraints.
The human brain automatically generates and perceives patterns, relationships, and regularities in sensory input prior to and often independent of conscious verification, subject to systematic biases such as confirmation bias that preferentially encode pattern-consistent information while filtering contradictory evidence.