One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased.
-- Hermann Ebbinghaus
   
Hermann Ebbinghaus   Name:
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Type:
Psychologist
Nationality:
German
Birth:
January 24, 1850
Death:
February 26, 1909
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