Sentence examples for extraneous complexity from inspiring English sources

"What makes Flappy Bird work particularly well is that it eliminates all extraneous complexity to focus on one very simple input mechanic," says game designer Bennett Foddy, who specialises in extremely unforgiving physics-based titles like Qwop and Girp.

Our goal for mem:o was to allow the user to easily see these kinds of relationships without getting lost in extraneous complexity," Oh and Cho told me in an email.

Conversely, visual explanations that introduce extraneous complexity not relevant to the learning goal may be equally misleading.

Applying a basal letter-learning task related to the process of working memory updating, intrinsic cognitive load (by varying task complexity), extraneous cognitive load (via inducing split-attention demands) and germane cognitive load (by varying the presence of schemata) were manipulated within a 3 × 2 × 2-factorial full repeated-measures design.

Though he did not radically change the music, he cleared it of extraneous 12-tone complexities and allowed it to sing more lyrically.

Furthermore, strict entry requirements were provided in order to reduce extraneous variation due to the complexity of physical phenomena that should be investigated in such a case study.

Cognitive load theory postulates three types of cognitive load: (a) intrinsic load is the net result of task complexity and the learner expertise; (b) extraneous load is caused by superfluous processes that do not directly contribute to learning; (c) germane load is accounted by learning processes handling intrinsic cognitive load [ 7].

In a study we test hypotheses with regard to effects of the variation of sources for intrinsic cognitive load (increase of complexity within tasks) and the variation of sources for extraneous cognitive load (reduction of extraneous cognitive load between tasks) in three ability groups.

The effort is extraneous.

Slushy details are extraneous.

They are comforting, extraneous debris.