# Saving information alleviates cognitive workload According to an experiment performed at UC Santa Cruz, **==saving information decreases proactive inhibition by allevating cognitive workload==**. College students were asked to study two files A and B. When they could trust that file A would be reliably saved before studying file B, they recalled more information on file B during testing. --- ## 📚 References - [[@forteProgressiveSummarizationPractical2017|Progressive Summarization: A Practical Technique for Designing Discoverable Notes]] - [Managing Information to be Remembered](https://thankyoubrain.blogspot.com/2017/02/managing-information-to-be-remembered.html)