The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two (Miller)

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Field

Cognitive psychology

Year

1956

Core idea

Working memory taps out around 7 ± 2 chunks of information.

Why it stuck

Explains exactly why my brain hard-crashes at the 9th antibiotic renal-dose adjustment of the night.

My take

Every time someone proposes a 14-step med rec process, I want to just slide this paper across the table and walk away.