According to research, how many things can people hold in their short-term memory at once?
A) only one or two
B) about four to seven
C) up to twenty-five
D) more than fifty

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Research in psychology suggests that the average person can hold about 4 to 7 items in their short-term memory at once. This finding is often associated with the work of psychologist George A. Miller, who in 1956 proposed that the number of objects an average human can hold in working memory (known as the memory span) is 7 ± 2.

According to Research, How Many Things Can People Hold in Their