Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0642 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Short-Term Memory
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The idea
Short-term memory holds a small amount of information in conscious awareness for roughly fifteen to thirty seconds.
In practice
A phone number held between hearing it and dialing it is in short-term memory and gone shortly after.
Where people slip
Short-term memory is limited in both duration and capacity, and the two limits are separate.
Your place on the trail
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