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The speed limits of memory

2025-04-01

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As anyone who has tried to memorize a one-hundred-digit number can attest, acquisition of numerical information typically proceeds at less than one bit/s. If human memory operated at this speed in general, even a simple conversation would not be possible. Indeed, through techniques such as the memory palace, which translate numerical information into more natural contexts, memory athletes manage considerably highe...

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Literature Corpus work: 01812de7-fe77-573e-add7-1d5bfd6b34d1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.31.646314

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