memory span
noun
psychol the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
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How to use memory span in a sentence
“People have a short memory span,” Emily Yoshida, pop-culture editor at Grantland, tells The Daily Beast.
Danielle Bradbery Wins ‘The Voice.’ But She Won’t Be a Star. | Kevin Fallon | June 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a memory span for digits of about eleven, as compared with the ordinary record of about eight.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods | Harry L. HollingworthIn the case of letters he had an auditory memory span of nine, and a visual span of seven.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods | Harry L. HollingworthThe memory span for unrelated objects is far too limited to permit us to grasp and retain that number of unrelated impressions.
The Measurement of Intelligence | Lewis Madison Terman
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