Nelson Cowan
University of Missouri
1 paper in the Anchorcite directory, published in 2001, cited 6,947 times in total.
ORCID profileResearch topics
- Memory Processes and Influences · 1 paper
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · 1 paper
- Reading and Literacy Development · 1 paper
Papers
- The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacityBehavioral and Brain Sciences · 2001 · 6,947 citations
Miller (1956) summarized evidence that people can remember about seven chunks in short-term memory (STM) tasks. However, that number was meant more as a rough estimate and a rhetorical device than as a real capacity limit. Others have since suggested…
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