Jessica Li held up three rows of four letters on a poster board to her high school class for a fraction of a second.She then removed it and immediately asked the class to name the letters in the top,middle,or bottom row.Based on previous research,about how many letters in the row would you expect individual students to recall?
A)none
B)one
C)two
D)three or four

Question

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The capacity of visual short-term memory, which is used in this task, is about 3-4 items. Therefore, individual students would likely recall three or four letters in the row.

Jessica Li Held Up Three Rows of Four Letters on a Poster