Miller's Law

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconseven plus minus two
Executive Parlanceworking memory limit
Scholarly Discoursecognitive chunk limit
Babel ZenithMiller's Law
Origin: George Miller

Etymology & Meaning

Short-term memory holds about 7 items.

In the Boardroom

Why phone numbers have 7 digits.

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