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What Are The Duration And Capacity Of Short-term And Working Memory?

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    Short term memory is actually working or primary memory. The duration of this memory is very small and is said to be for 20 seconds only. The capacity of this memory is estimated to be from about 3 or 4 elements to about 9 elements. These elements can be words, digits, or letters. Short term memory is basically part of working memory. The capacity of working memory is said to be four chunks. Each chunk is composed of 7 elements.
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    Aicha  

    answered 1 year ago

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