George A. Miller: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from George A. Miller, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

Your working memory tops out at about seven items
In a landmark 1956 paper, Harvard psychologist George Miller pulled together decades of experiments and found a recurring limit: people can hold roughly seven, plus or minus two, i…
— George A. Miller, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
Your short-term memory holds about seven items — and that number isn't a coincidence
In 1956, psychologist George Miller reviewed decades of experiments and found a strange coincidence: whether people were recalling digits, judging pitches, or naming colors, perfor…
— George A. Miller, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information

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