Research on capacity: AO3

Cards (2)

  • Strength: Valid study (Jacobs)
    What? Jacobs' study replicated
    Who? Bopp and Verhaeghen - confirmed
    Why? Valid test of digit span
  • Limitation: Not so many chunks (Miller)
    What? Miller overestimated STM capacity
    Who? Cowan - capacity of STM only about 4 plus or minus 1 chunks
    Why? 7 plus or minus 1 innapropriate