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

in Papers I Dog-Ear by Marcus Ondrejek

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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two (Miller) on “Papers I Dog-Ear”, a list by Marcus Ondrejek on TheLysts.

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Name
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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.

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