Not every researcher accepts that short-term memory is limited to exactly seven items, plus or minus two. Recent research suggests that the true "magical number" is more likely to be:

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Recent research in cognitive psychology suggests that the capacity of short-term memory is more accurately around four items, plus or minus one, rather than the previously believed seven items.

Not Every Researcher Accepts That Short-Term Memory Is Limited to Exactly