Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 539 The Plan, and Beyond the Plan
Although Nan Zhuren's current reading speed is almost as fast as it was in the court's archives before, so fast that "reading ten lines at a glance" is not enough to describe it.

But Nan Zhuren's current situation is different from that time.

In the court's archives, Nan Zhuren only needs to glance at the documents, input the text into his "memory palace," and then organize it while he sleeps—it's very easy.

At this moment, Nan Zhuren's focus is not on "memory" but on "information processing".

Previously, when Nan Zhuren was teaching a psychology course on the topic of "memory" at a high school in Jiangdu, he taught Teacher Zhao that human memory is mainly divided into three types according to the length of time: "sensory memory", "short-term memory", and "long-term memory".

Now, with the power of the "flow state," a special memory module of Nan Zhuren—"working memory"—has begun to exert its power.

Not all information received from the outside world needs to be stored in long-term memory. Some of it is filtered out and forgotten immediately; while some information that does not require permanent memory but is useful at the moment is sent to working memory for appropriate processing to play a role in the current task.

For example, when doing reading comprehension questions in the college entrance examination, teachers will teach students to "read the article with questions in mind," which means reading the questions first and then reading the reading material.

At this point, those "questions" are stored in the student's working memory.

Working memory is the foundation of almost all higher cognitive functions. Information stored in working memory can participate in activities such as language comprehension, learning, reasoning and problem-solving, decision-making, attention control, and execution.

However, normally speaking, the capacity of working memory is limited. Therefore, when students do reading comprehension exercises, they can only "read the article with one question in mind" at a time; after finishing the first question and starting the second question, they may have to go back and reread the part of the article they read earlier.

Even when students read too much of the text, they may forget their questions and have to go back and read them again.

Unless they are exceptionally gifted with extremely strong working memory, such students, when encountering unfamiliar words in English fill-in-the-blank or essay questions, can even suddenly recall, "This word appeared in a previous reading comprehension question," and then go back to search for it, thus earning points.

Just as micro-expression analysis enhanced Nan Zhuren's observation and thinking abilities, the flow state also greatly enhanced information processing in Nan Zhuren's working memory.

Nan Zhuren's working memory has transcended the general category of "gifted talent".

I need to submit [rebuttal evidence], so I need to find Wang Zhenhai's early work experience... Page 5 of this stack of materials can meet this requirement, but it seems to overlap a bit with paragraph 6 on page 4 of the previous stack of materials...

Pages 6, 8, and 13 of this stack are usable, and they work even better than before... So let's extract those pages and reorder them...

To the onlookers, Nan Zhuren's hand speed was almost dazzling.

However, it's important to note that working memory is a special type of short-term memory, so its capacity is limited. This is why some people forget what they were doing while working.

But this isn't a big problem for Nan Zhuren—as long as he processes all the information before it leaves his working memory.

The materials that Attorney Zhan had prepared for the trial on the table were dwindling at a visible rate, while the materials that Nan Zhuren had on hand as "rebuttal evidence" would sometimes increase, sometimes decrease, sometimes be rearranged, and sometimes be restored to their original state.

Because of the large amount of material to prepare, lawyers don't just bring a briefcase to court as most people imagine; they often drag a small suitcase.

At this moment, Nan Zhuren had actually analyzed and filtered all the data that would have required a small suitcase to transport in less than ten minutes.

Then, based on my own needs, I streamlined it into a thin booklet.

"Done!" Nan Zhuren breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he knew it, Nan Zhuren found himself drenched in sweat. The rapid mental processing was putting immense pressure on his mind and body.

Only now can he finally relax.

There was an interesting passage in the fifth stack of documents I was just looking at. I'll take another look later. It was on... wait, which page was it again?

Nan Zhuren blinked, unable to remember.

"Never mind, it's not important. The core work is already done." Attorney Zhan snatched the materials from Nan Zhuren's hand.

He was now completely impressed. He quickly bound the materials into a book, and the next second the document was in the hands of his assistant with thick black frames.

Then——

With a "whoosh," the assistant with the thick black frame disappeared.

I've submitted the materials and am now going through the procedures.

Nan Zhuren glanced at the clock on his phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

……

"The recess is about to end, and the court debate in a little while shouldn't be a problem. Once all of this is over, we'll have won this round."

The defense attorney looked at Wang Zhenhai, the gang leader, and whispered words of encouragement.

The two men spoke in hushed tones, while the other defendants' "key members" were a few feet away from them.

The bailiffs were standing further away and couldn't hear their conversation.

The right to private conversations during recesses is also an important guarantee of the defendant's basic litigation rights and right to legal counsel.

Therefore, the defendant and the defendant's lawyer can discuss their next steps in a low-key manner without much hesitation.

Perhaps sensing the leader's unusual state, the defendant's lawyer gently encouraged him: "Generally speaking, there won't be much change in the second instance. We can strive for the best outcome planned, so don't be nervous."

“I’m not nervous, everything is going according to plan, isn’t it?” The leader took a deep breath and involuntarily retorted to the lawyer.

However, perhaps realizing his words were inappropriate, he said in a low voice, "I'm sorry... Anyway, I'm very grateful to you. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to come up with these defense tactics today."

The leader looked at the defendant's lawyer and said very slowly, "I am very grateful, and I will continue to 'thank' you in the future, I promise..."

The defense attorney paid no attention to the leader's attitude, but he did care about what the leader's words revealed.

The defense attorney smiled contentedly, "We've been helping each other out. This trial is the most crucial; it's down to the last hurdle. As long as we pay attention in the subsequent arguments and follow the plan..."

The leader nodded and took a deep breath to adjust his mindset.

thump -- thump -- thump --

The sound of leather shoes clattering on the floor came from the court clerk, who appeared in the defendant's lawyer's line of sight.

Just as the defendant's lawyer was straightening his attire and preparing for the court session, the court clerk announced, "There's a procedure we need to update you on—the prosecution submitted two new pieces of evidence during the recess. Because they submitted them relatively late, to ensure the right to cross-examine the evidence, the court has decided to extend the recess by one hour."

Seeing the defense attorney freeze in his tracks, the court clerk continued, "You can come with me now to collect copies of the evidence, and then use this extended recess to verify the relevant information with the defendant."

"...Ahem."

The leader, who was taking deep breaths to calm himself down, suddenly got a stitch.

(End of this chapter)