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Information Processing Limits

Information Processing Limits is a theoretical construct in cognitive psychology and decision science that refers to the inherent constraints on the capacity of human cognitive systems to acquire, retain, and manipulate information, thereby delimiting rational decision-making under bounded rationality.

388

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46.9K

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839

Authors

435

Institutions

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2017–2026

54

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Cognitive ConstraintsCognitive Limitations

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Publications

388

The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity

Nelson Cowan · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2001 · 6.8K citations · Full text

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Threat Rigidity Effects in Organizational Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis

Barry M. Staw, Lance E. Sandelands, Jane E. Dutton · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1981 · 3.6K citations

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Organization Design: An Information Processing View

Jay R. Galbraith · INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics · 1974 · 2.3K citations

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Speed-accuracy tradeoff and information processing dynamics

Wayne A. Wickelgren · Acta Psychologica · 1977 · 1.3K citations

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Personal need for structure: Individual differences in the desire for simple structure.

Steven L. Neuberg, Jason T. Newsom · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1993 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

839

  1. GS
    Graeme S. Halford

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 573 citations

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  2. RM
    René Marois

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    3 publications · 183 citations

    3

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  3. JB
    John Bain

    Griffith University, Australia

    3 publications · 561 citations

    3

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  4. CD
    Christopher D. Wickens

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    3 publications · 354 citations

    3

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  5. NC
    Nelson Cowan

    University of Missouri, United States

    3 publications · 6.9K citations

    3

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Institutions

435

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    479 citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    640 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    200 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    450 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 7 publications · 691 citations

    7

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  3. Behavioral and Brain Sciences

    BBS · 7 publications · 6.9K citations

    7

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  5. Nature Communications

    8 publications · 513 citations

    7

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