RESEARCH

• WHO DID RESEARCH ON CAPACITY?

  Miller
• WHAT DID MILLER CREATE?

  Miller's Law
• WHAT CONCLUSION DID MILLER COME TO IN HIS CAPACITY STUDY?

  people can remember 7 +/- 2 items in STM
• WHAT ELSE DID MILLER DISCOVER ABOUT CAPACITY?

  chunking can improve memory
• MILLER CAPACITY STUDY CAPACITY?

  1. Researcher reads out digit span
  2. Participant asked to recall out digit span
  3. If correct, researcher reads out new string of digits with one digit added
  4. Repeated until recalled incorrectly