العبء المعرفي وعلاقته بالمرونة العقلية لدى طلبة الجامعة
The study aimed to find out the relationship between cognitive load and mental flexibility among first-year students at Hama Lakhdar University in El Oued. It also aimed to know the levels of both cognitive load and mental flexibility and whether there are differences in them depending on gender, how much reliance was placed on the descriptive approach, and the use of the cognitive load scale. And the mental flexibility scale, applied to a sample of (64) first-year male and female students from the University of Hama Lakhdar Al-Wadi who were selected using the snowball method, and the following results were reached: 1) There is a statistically significant correlation between cognitive load and mental flexibility among the study sample. 2) There is a high level of cognitive load among the study sample. 3) The most frequently used mental flexibility among the study sample was automatic flexibility, while adaptive flexibility came second. 4) There are no statistically significant differences in cognitive load due to the gender variable in the study sample. 5) There are no statistically significant differences in mental flexibility due to the gender variable in the study sample. (Published abstract)