According to Cowan, the capacity of short-term memory has been _____ because researchers have not controlled for _____ by participants.
A)overestimated; covert chunking
B)underestimated; covert chunking
C)overestimated; serial positioning
D)underestimated; serial positioning

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Cowan argued that the capacity of short-term memory has been overestimated because researchers did not control for covert chunking by participants, which can artificially inflate the apparent memory span.

According to Cowan, the Capacity of Short-Term Memory Has Been