Miller (1956) summarized evidence that people can remember about seven chunks in short-
term memory (STM) tasks. However, that number was meant more as a rough estimate and …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Commentators expressed a wide variety of views on whether there is a basic capacity limit of
3 to 5 chunks and, among those who believe in it, about why it occurs. In this response, I …

Tying together almost four decades of neo-Piagetian research, Cognitive Development
provides a unique critical analysis and a comparison of concepts across neo-Piagetian …

This study investigates whether age-related changes in the structure of 5 complex working
memory (WM) tasks (a) reflect a general or domain specific system,(b) follows a similar …

The goal of this study was to investigate which working memory and long-term memory
components predict vocabulary learning. We used a nonword learning paradigm in which 8 …

Cowan's revisiting of the magic number is very timely and the case he makes for a more
moderate number than seven is persuasive. It is also appropriate to frame his case within a …

The purpose of the present paper is twofold; first, we present an empirical study evaluating
the effectiveness of a novel CALL tool for foreign language vocabulary instruction based on …

The aim of our commentary is to strengthen Cowan's proposal for an inherent capacity
limitation in STM by suggesting a neurobiological mechanism based on competitive …

Cowan assumes that chunk-based capacity limits are synonymous with the essence of a
“specialized STM mechanism.” In a single experiment, we measured the capacity, or span …