Is Miller's study on short term memory of the brain still valid?

Subject: Is Miller's study on short term memory of the brain still valid?

Date: Sat Aug 28 11:21:43 1999
Posted by Michel Dupont
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: Gatineau State/Province: Québec Country: Canada
Area of science: Neuroscience
ID: 935853703.Ns

Message:


I've read that Miller discovered that the brain could retain 7 +/- 2 units of 
information in  short term memory:
  Miller, George A. "The Magical Number Seven Plus or Minus Two:
  Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information."
  The Psychological Review, 63 (1956): 84-97.

This study is almost 44 years old now. With all that science has discovered 
since the time this was published, does this "chunking limit" still hold 
true?  What is its basis? 

How does it develop from birth to old age?

Merci.

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