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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information

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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information Posted: Sep 9, 2009 10:25 AM
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Originally published in The Psychological Review, 1956, vol. 63, pp. 81-97. Every once in a while the internet decides to be useful and floats something old and amazing around anew. This is one of those things.

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Re: The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information Posted: Sep 15, 2009 1:39 AM
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This piece of research is very often misunderstood.

Have a look at:

"The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Not relevant for design"

http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000U6&topic_id=1

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