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memory span

British

noun

psychol the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items

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For instance, there is a famous case of the British classical musician Clive Wearing who, because of encephalitis, is said to have the memory span of a goldfish.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2017

And while a puppy’s memory span is no longer than 30 seconds, the adult dog can remember for 5 minutes.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

This is meager compared to a cat, whose memory span lasts for 16 hours.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

What is the memory span of moviegoers these days?

From Time Magazine Archive

In this domain, the prize for efficacy goes to the Cantonese dialect of Chinese, whose brevity grants residents of Hong Kong a rocketing memory span of about 10 digits.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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