It is said that the brain’s short-term memory is able to store around 7 items in sequence. This is based on a paper published by cognitive psychologist George Miller with the title “Magic Number 7, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information”. This paper is one of the most cited in the psychologist research community. Read more on magic number 7
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The Brain’s Magic Number 7
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Brain Quiz 6
Monday, May 10th, 2010Which number is missing in the last square?
Brain Quiz 4
Friday, February 19th, 2010This weeks brain quiz will be something different. It’s a number series that you need to figure out. What number should be filled in next?
2 + 3 = 10
7 + 2 = 63
6 + 5 = 66
8 + 4 = 96
9 + 7 = ?????
