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disposition > cognition > memory > short-term memory > chunk

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chunk  

Definition

  • A unit combining several pieces of information in short-term memory.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Gobet, F., Lane, P. C., Croker, S., Cheng, P. C., Jones, G., Oliver, I., & Pine, J. M. (2001). Chunking mechanisms in human learning. Trends in cognitive sciences, 5(6), 236‑243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01662-4

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Miller, G. A. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two : Some limits on our capacity for processing information. Psychological Review, 63(2), 81‑97. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043158

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Norris, D., & Kalm, K. (2021). Chunking and data compression in verbal short-term memory. Cognition, 208, 104534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104534

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Simon, H. A. (1974). How big is a chunk? Science, 183(4124), 482‑488. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4124.482

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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