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The size and nature of a chunk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

C. Philip Beaman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, United [email protected] www.rdg.ac.uk/acadepts/sx/Psych/people/beaman.html

Abstract

The data presented in the target article make a persuasive case for the notion that there is a fundamental limit on short term memory (STM) of about four items. Two possible means of further testing this claim are suggested and data regarding scene coherence and memory capacity for ordered information are reviewed.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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