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  • A method for measuring the storage capacity of short-term memory (simple span) and working memory (complex span). The subject is asked to memorize increasing series of items, with or without performing a concurrent processing task, and to remember them at the end of each series. The memory span is the greatest number of items that the subject is able to remember immediately, usually in the order in which the items were presented.

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  • • Cowan, N. (2001). The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(1), 87–114. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X01003922

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Jacobs, J. (1887). Experiments on "prehension". Mind, (45), 75–79. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2246990

    [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]

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  • Frank Arnould

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