This episode provides an overview of Cowan’s research regarding short-term memory capacity, finishing with a quick overview of the importance of chunking as a learning strategy, especially in relation to decoding longer words.
Reference
Cowan, Nelson. (2001). The Magical Number 4 in Short-Term Memory: A Reconsideration of Mental Storage Capacity. The Behavioral and brain sciences. 24. 87-114; discussion 114. 10.1017/S0140525X01003922.