Short-Term Memory Can Hold About 12 Plus or Minus 2

question 235

True/False

Short-term memory can hold about 12 plus or minus 2 bits of information.

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Definitions:

Faulty Perception

Erroneous or distorted interpretation of sensory information.

Delusion

A false belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary, often symptomatic of psychiatric disorders.

Hallucination

A perceptual experience that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus, often vivid and clear, with the full force and impact of a normal perception.

Illusion

A false perception or misinterpretation of a real sensory stimulus, often studied to understand human perception and cognition.