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What is the term for when too many choices results in inability to decide?
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Content: Instead, it appears probable that such choice effects might be limited to particular contexts, assuming they reliably exist in the first place (see Is Choice Overload a Real Thing?) Share
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answered Dec 26 '16 at 1:07
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In HCI terms, which is where I come from, this would probably be called information overload. It is the situation where a person is presented with so much information that they cannot process all of it successfully. In Cognitive terms, the term probably works best because it is caused, I believe, by insufficient short term memory being available to successfully process what is needed from a page, so the decisions about what to do cannot be made. In a similar way, if too much information is given to a person - even if expressed in terms of "you could do this, or you could do this... " then they cannot dismiss the options enough to narrow it down. Without this, decisions cannot be made. Share
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edited Feb 22 '12 at 15:59
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answered Feb 22 '12 at 15:51
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