Chunking refers to the organization of information. The process of encoding memories into long term memory for later recall is the same whether the information is chunked or unchunked. Chunking is ...

The vast majority of early chunking studies are built from working memory tasks and do not explicitly address the costs associated with planning or optimally executing a sequence of physical ...

Most of us are able to store only about four to seven different items in our short-term memory. One way to get past this limit is to use a technique called chunking. By grouping several items into ...

So why does this happen? Well, a possible consideration is that chunking controls cognitive load. Let’s illustrate this further. Consider this fairly extreme example of how easily working memory can ...

The technique of chunking information to better retain it is a basic component of memory science. Rachel Wu, professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, says that in some ...

The idea of chunks of knowledge and how semantic encoding aids learning refers back to the "anchors" required for successful consolidation of information into long-term memory in the Brown quote above ...

What makes the difference, Bor argues, is a concept called chunking, which allows us to hack the limits of our working memory -- a kind of cognitive compression mechanism wherein we parse ...

Don't swallow it whole! When someone gives you a phone number to remember, use 'chunking' as a way of remembering it. Short-term memory is limited so chunking helps us process long bits of ...

This week's article is written by Sanjeev Bhatia, B.P.T., and discusses how consolidation of information results in offline learning, expanding memory. Take it away, Sanjeev! Human memory and the ...