Millers magic 7+/-2

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What year was this?
1956
Who did this study?
George Miller
What did Miller introduce into STM? 
chunking
What is chunking? 
grouping items and information into chunks as they are easier to remember
What was the evaluation? 
other research showed that the number of bits in a chunk did have an effect on memory, Simon 1974.
Immediate memory span is related to chunking but the number of chunks remembered depends on how big the chunks are
What study/ theory did this study support?
MSM