Short-term memory appears to be limited in the number of items it can hold and when it is full the insertion of new information will force out some of the old information in STM.

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This statement is true. Short-term memory has a limited capacity, and when this capacity is reached, new information cannot be processed until some of the old information is forgotten. This phenomenon is known as displacement.

Short-Term Memory Appears to Be Limited in the Number of Items