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Year

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1956

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Aim

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To investigate the capacity of short term memory

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Methods

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Participants were tested with lists of words to determine how many they can remember. Once shown the list they were asked to recall as many as possible right after learning phase

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Results

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Seven plus or minus two words were best remembered by the majority of participants

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Conclusion

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This showed that our short term memory is limited in capacity

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