# The Magical Number Seven **Domain:** Cognitive Science / Psychology **Doc Type:** Scholarly Article **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[George A. Miller]], [[Cognitive Revolution]], [[Information-Processing Psychology]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two” is George A. Miller's 1956 paper on limits in immediate memory and information processing. ## Schedule–Loop Context The paper belongs to the theoretical transition from behaviorist black-boxing toward explicit models of internal cognitive capacity. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]