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CAPACITE APPREHENSION IMMEDIATE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-03-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Cognitive Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- memory span
1, record 1, English, memory%20span
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- immediate memory span 2, record 1, English, immediate%20memory%20span
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The longuest sequence, usually words or digits, that a person can normally hold in the short-term memory, which on average is seven, plus or minus two. 3, record 1, English, - memory%20span
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Psychologie cognitive
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- empan de mémoire
1, record 1, French, empan%20de%20m%C3%A9moire
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- empan de la mémoire immédiate 2, record 1, French, empan%20de%20la%20m%C3%A9moire%20imm%C3%A9diate
correct, masculine noun
- empan mnésique 3, record 1, French, empan%20mn%C3%A9sique
correct, masculine noun
- empan mnémonique 4, record 1, French, empan%20mn%C3%A9monique
correct, masculine noun
- capacité de mémorisation 5, record 1, French, capacit%C3%A9%20de%20m%C3%A9morisation
correct, feminine noun
- capacité d'appréhension immédiate 5, record 1, French, capacit%C3%A9%20d%27appr%C3%A9hension%20imm%C3%A9diate
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mesure de capacité de la mémoire à court terme dont la quantité d'unités d'information pouvant être stockées est limitée à sept, plus ou moins deux. 6, record 1, French, - empan%20de%20m%C3%A9moire
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'empan de la mémoire immédiate. [...] lorsqu'on présente une seule fois, en visuel ou en auditif, une série de mots sans liens apparents, de consonnes ou de chiffres choisis de telle sorte qu'il est difficile de les structurer rapidement [...] le nombre d'éléments qu'un adulte normal est capable de reproduire immédiatement en respectant l'ordre de la présentation oscille [...] autour de 7 [...] 2, record 1, French, - empan%20de%20m%C3%A9moire
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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