Not every researcher accepts that short-term memory is limited to exactly seven items, plus or minus two. Recent research suggests that the true "magical number" is more likely to be:
A) four, plus or minus one.
B) 10, plus or minus two.
C) no more than two items.
D) 12, plus or minus three.

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Recent research indicates that the capacity of short-term memory is more accurately around four items, plus or minus one, rather than the previously believed seven items.

Not Every Researcher Accepts That Short-Term Memory Is Limited to Exactly