Chunking and data compression in verbal short-term memory

Short-term verbal memory is improved when words can be chunked into larger units. Miller (1956) suggested that the capacity of verbal short-term memory is determined by the number of chunks that can be stored in memory, rather than by the number of items or the amount of information. But how does th...

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Main Authors: Kalm, K. (Author), Norris, D. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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