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A modality effect is present in chunking. That is, the mechanism used to convey the list of items to the individual affects how much "chunking" occurs. Experimentally, it has been found that auditory presentation results in a larger amount of grouping in the responses of individuals than visual presentation does. Previous literature, such as George Miller's The Magical Number Seven, Plus or ...
Later research on short-term memory and working memory revealed that memory span is not a constant even when measured in a number of chunks. The number of chunks a human can recall immediately after presentation depends on the category of chunks used (e.g., span is around seven for digits, around six for letters, and around five for words), and even on features of the chunks within a category.
Other factors are intrinsic in the individual, and it is these factors which are the basis of "true" memory span. Though numerous factors affect memory span, the test is one that shows surprisingly high reliability. Results obtained by different investigators show that the reliability coefficients for memory span are quite high. [citation needed]
The chunking article explains the modern day useage and interpretation of a theory that has some derivation from Miller's one. I think they should be kept seperate Christianpunk 10:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC) I agree. Miller's paper is notable itself and warrants an article, and chunking continues to be developed and needs its own article.
Chunking is a method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier. Chunking is especially useful for material presented on the web because readers tend to scan for specific information on a web page rather than read the page sequentially.
Most theoretical analyses of risky choices depict each option as a gamble that can yield various outcomes with different probabilities. [2] Widely accepted risk-aversion theories, including Expected Utility Theory (EUT) and Prospect Theory (PT), arrive at risk aversion only indirectly, as a side effect of how outcomes are valued or how probabilities are judged. [3]
For example, if your state requires only $10,000 in property damage coverage but an accident you cause results in $30,000 in damages to somebody else's car, you could be on the hook for the ...
Chunking (division), an approach for doing simple mathematical division sums, by repeated subtraction; Chunking (computational linguistics), a method for parsing natural language sentences into partial syntactic structures; Chunking (computing), a memory allocation or message transmission procedure or data splitting procedure in computer ...