Principle: Chunking
We can hold five to nine items in working memory at a time, but what is an “item?”
Miller defined an item as a unit of meaningful information. What makes a unit of information meaningful depends on our mind, so we can combine bits of information into meaningful chunks in whatever way makes sense to us. For example, when trying to remember a phone number, do you remember it more easily if the area code is your own area code or not? Obviously it is easier to remember a phone number if it has the same area code. This is because you have chunked the area code into one unit of meaningful information
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Chunking
... is a way to remember large bits of information by chunking them into smaller pieces of information.
- Write down the numbers or content you want to remember.
- Cut the numbers to segments or divide the content to phrases through chunking.
Chunking Information
The human brain has only a small amount of short-term memory, with the average brain holding only about seven chunks of information at a time, for about 20 seconds.
One can make use of chunking related items together and using clear headers and sections to enhance clarity
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