It USED to be seven, plus or minus two
Is the research being better refined, or are we becoming more forgetful? This Lifehacker article points to this article on Live Science:
Researchers have often debated the maximum amount of items we can store in our conscious mind, in what’s called our working memory, and a new study puts the limit at three or four.
More goodies I remembered to post about:
- Harry Lorayne is a prolific author and an expert on the subject of memory improvement.
- George Miller’s article, “The Magical Number Seven…”