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Memory Capacity

Memory Capacity is a theoretical construct in cognitive psychology that denotes the maximum amount of visual information an individual can store and retrieve accurately within short-term memory systems.

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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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Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach.

Randall W Engle, Stephen W. Tuholski, James E. Laughlin et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1999 · 3K citations

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Working Memory Capacity as Executive Attention

Randall W Engle · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2002 · 2.5K citations

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Is working memory capacity task dependent?

Marilyn L. Turner, Randall W Engle · Journal of Memory and Language · 1989 · 2.3K citations

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EXPERT AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE: Evidence of Maximal Adaptation to Task Constraints

K. Anders Ericsson, Andreas Lehmann · Annual Review of Psychology · 1996 · 2.1K citations

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  1. RW
    Randall W Engle

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    69 publications · 26.8K citations

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  2. NU
    Nash Unsworth

    University of Oregon, United States

    49 publications · 6.6K citations

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  3. NC
    Nelson Cowan

    University of Missouri, United States

    34 publications · 14.3K citations

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  4. EK
    Edward K. Vogel

    University of Oregon, United States

    26 publications · 6.7K citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Kane

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    29 publications · 12K citations

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    53 h-index

    194 publications

    37.8K citations

  2. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    39 h-index

    101 publications

    17.2K citations

  3. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    31 h-index

    102 publications

    25.9K citations

  4. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    28 h-index

    138 publications

    15.8K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    27 h-index

    75 publications

    6.6K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    27 h-index

    90 publications

    8.1K citations

  7. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    25 h-index

    69 publications

    4.2K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    24 h-index

    43 publications

    5K citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    51 publications · 19.5K citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    47 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    66 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    46 publications · 3.2K citations

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