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by acbart 3077 days ago

    Miller's Law - The average person can only keep 7 (plus or minus 2) items in their working memory.
I actually needed to research this claim for my dissertation, and found that some researchers believe it is more complex than as presented by Miller. The number can fluctuate depending on what is being stored, the individual, and a number of other factors. A worthwhile starting point is the Wikipedia Page [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus...