How attention works: why you can miss a gorilla in plain sight
Chunking: how grouping lets your mind hold more
Working memory holds only about four things, yet you can repeat a long coffee order said in one breath. How does your mind fit so much into so little room?
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Miva's long order, in pieces: lemon, tea, two sugars, milk, on the side, big, blue, mug. That is eight pieces for about four places.
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Yet you carry it all the way to the kitchen, and nothing falls out.
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