The Theoretical Explanations of Cognitive Failures in Daily Life

Abstract

: People in daily life often show some behavior errors. For example, you are in the familiar street on the wrong direction, these phenomena that cognitive-based mistakes on simple tasks that a person normally should be capable of completing without error are known as cognitive failures. We summarize the four main theoretical explanations about cognitive failure: perceptual load theory, executive-attention theory, overload theory and complaint hypothesis. The purpose of this study is to provide some inspirations and references for the follow-up study.