RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 On Miller’s rule for the brain working memory, or why human memory is so short
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 035014
DO 10.1101/035014
A1 E. Z. Meilikhov
A1 R. M. Farzetdinova
YR 2015
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/12/22/035014.abstract
AB Working memory is a cognitive construct that describes how information can be maintained in brain for a limited period of time, while concurrent processing is also performed. We present a simple model that accounts for working memory span and explains the origin of the cognitive Miller’s rule (Magical Number Seven).