Capacity

• Long Term Memory - Capacity

  Research by Wagenaar

  • Created diary with over 2400 events , over course of 6 years including recording who , when , what and where
  • Found that when tested using these cues , 75% recall of one particular critical detail
  • 45% after 5
  • Sense of remembering event was high at 80% after 5 years

  Suggests capacity of long term memory is large and potentially limitless