Question

What limits might there be on the capacity of human memory?

Answer 1

A couple limits could be how much they could remember and what they could remember.

Answer 2

Working memory is another way of saying short term memory. which also shows that you temporarily store memory. If you were to compare your memory to an ipod maybe it shows that you only have enough room for a certain amount of memory. Well that's like a human brain. When you store memory you forget sometimes because you have so much more to think about.

Answer 3

im sure no one knows or that there are limits and thats why people forget thigs sometimes

Answer 4

Thank you everyone for answering this. All answers have helped.

Answer 5

np

Answer 6

Of Course.

Answer 7

Researchers have often debated the maximum amount of items we can store in our conscious mind, in what's called our working memory, and a new study puts the limit at three or four. Working memory is a more active version of short-term memory, which refers to the temporary storage of information.

Link for the Site - https://www.livescience.com/2493-mind-limit-4.html#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20often%20debated%20the,the%20temporary%20storage%20of%20information.

Answer 8

hmmm