Applied Mathematics

Vol.5 No.10(2014), Paper ID 46519, 11 pages

DOI:10.4236/am.2014.510140

 

Probability Theory Predicts That Chunking into Groups of Three or Four Items Increases the Short-Term Memory Capacity

 

Motohisa Osaka

 

Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Copyright © 2014 Motohisa Osaka et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

How to Cite this Article

Osaka, M. (2014) Probability Theory Predicts That Chunking into Groups of Three or Four Items Increases the Short-Term Memory Capacity. Applied Mathematics, 5, 1474-1484. doi: 10.4236/am.2014.510140.
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