Re: Is 7 +/- 2 a myth about short-term memory?

[Jim Dougan]

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:

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> The 7 +/- 2 is an empirical generalization.
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> 


I have always found the Miller article funny...

It starts with the line <quoted loosly from memory> "I have been haunted
by an integer..."  Great opening line!  However, in the extsnsive set of
studies he reviews, not a single one is summarized by an integer.  And,
even if we rounded off to the nearest integer, that integer is not always
seven!

Like Ken said, an empirical generalization (with a catchy but ultimately
misleading title...)

-- Jim Dougan