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Probably an attempt to demonstrate that the "cognitive burden" trick mentioned above is neither very effective nor really nefarious. If so, I think that TwF got the post wrong; "cognitive burden" is supposed to be a different sort of thing, like a mechanically performed task, not the "burden" of a short-term memory task.
A short-term memory task would work as a cognitive burden. The burden can't be too heavy, though. You want something of about the level of walking. This was about the level of sprinting barefoot with a 100 kilogram backpack through rocky terrain while being chased by a tiger. There is no cognitive capacity left over.
Ok, I can see what it could be like. Say, you point the subject to a written list with options labeled A, B, and C and tell him: "These are all nice, but on considering which one suits us best, I'm leaning towards blah-blah, which is option A here - (raises a finger, then points at the list and repeats) - A. But first, let me tell you that... [the attack goes here]". So the burden of memory is just one letter.