Concept information
Preferred term
memory capacity
Definition(s)
- The number of items or chunks of items that can be stored in memory (usually in short-term memory).
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- limited capacity storage
- memorial capacity
- storage capacity
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Manoochehri, M. (2021). Up to the magical number seven : An evolutionary perspective on the capacity of short term memory. Heliyon, 7(5), e06955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06955
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Oberauer, K., Farrell, S., Jarrold, C., & Lewandowsky, S. (2016). What limits working memory capacity? Psychological Bulletin, 142(7), 758–799. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000046
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Measure of
In other languages
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French
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capacité de stockage
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KLMDB2PP-T
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